Reaction to Articles for Thursday Presentation

My reaction to the first article, ABC Links American Christans to Anti-Gay Death Penalty in Uganda, is mostly just shocked. The American Pastor with extreme views, Scott Lively, and the Ugandan Pastor Martin Ssempa said some very awful things about homosexuals. Feelings against homosexuals in Uganda are so strong that the potential law could result in the death penalty for some. It is crazy how influential a group of Americans can be on another country. As a country we need to be careful about the messages we are sending to others. I hope that these pastors did not intend for something so extreme to come from what they said and that being the case I hope they will be more careful about what they are portraying to other countries.
In the next article, Ugly Betty is Gone. Now Where's the Latina TV?, they talked about the scarcity of Latina actresses. I do agree with the article that it must be hard for Latinas to find roles in TV but I have to wonder what the difference is in a ratio form because I would think that there are probably a lot less Latinas than Caucasians trying to break into the industry. I would like to know the percent of each, whites and Latinas, that are trying to achieve roles and do or do not succeed.

The third article about gender role perceptions the author talks about the stereotypes that Asian-American women must face. They are thought to be either captive prostitutes, submissive, fragile China dolls, sex pots, or housekeepers. Asian-Americans respond to the societal stereotypes that are put on them by internalizing them which causes them to be part of their attitude and behavior. The gender roles are transmitted through family and other aspects of socialization. In all, gender role perceptions and intergenerational differences are determined by an interaction of macro, micro, and developmental factors. I knew that the gender roles of women were affected in these ways but I had not really considered it through the aspect of race. The lack of diversity of portrayal of Asian-American women in the media negatively affects them because they are forced to take on these stereotypical roles.