In the videos, Berger makes the argument that men would usually objectify women through pieces of artwork specifically during the Renaissance period. He claims that as result of females being objectified, that women started to feel less confident about them selves and also had many thoughts on their bodies. This really showed how much the years change, from sexuality up to a women natural beauty. Although in todays era, most women have control on what they post on their media platforms but it does not change that now a days females get objectified for anything they post, unlike before one could paint a portrait of a naked female and it would be seen as art and nothing but art

1. The model “entering the conversation” provides many advantages when it comes to writing. One great advantage is that you can be referring to the counterclaim but one can also still make an argument. In writing it’s good that one adds a counterclaim, because then it gives the audience a neutral reading and shows them the points from both sides fo the argument. Another advantage is that it can pull the attention of the readers since the claim is more unique than others. When using phrases such as, “they say/I say” show the audience that the writing is quite different from others that they may have seen since it gives them the sense that they don’t have to believe what “they” say
2. I agree that we can improve our analyzing skills by learning to look at artwork. Looking at artwork can help us look at the bigger picture of things and makes us more opened mined since we have to almost imagine ourselves in the artworks that we look at and create scenarios of what is actually happening. Another example can be political cartoons. These require us to think more critically since not only are we imagining what is going on, one has to take in consideration what the cartoon say and what year, day, or era it was taken place

Although black violence was shown in the streets, I agree with Berger that newspaper and magazine editors selected photographs based on their perceived power to draw out the of their white readers. Photography stores only wanted money and did not consider what the consequences were. They used images of violence to talk down on Black people to show how they are helpless when their not. These images would show the power of White people when they should not have power over Black people’s treatment. White people were benefited from the images feeling fearless.

Berger presents some ideas about how publishers and newspapers reached out to “white people” readers. He claimed that the white press used images of black people as victims and not as people defending their rights. However, these photographs, far from demonstrating the skill of the blacks, only served to feed the ego of the whites. For the press, it was easier to expose blacks as victims, thus alleviating the racial anxiety of whites. I agree with Berger that it was easier for the press to harm blacks because whites oppressed them. These kinds of violent images gave whites the power to treat blacks however they wanted. However, blacks have stood out as people who have always fought for their rights. They have always wanted to be treated as part of society, not by their skin color.

  I agree with Berger’s arguments. In his book, Berger lays out his views on how newspapers and magazine editors to news from the white readers’ point of view. Photography reinforces the image of black people as victims to alleviate white racial anxiety. However, these media reports are very unreasonable. White people use these photographs to shape public opinion about black. Although there are still a few media reports about the positive aspects of black people, it is hard to change social perception because these unfair ways of reporting have been around for a long time. Moreover, to create a rational perspective of reporting, the media should analyze photographs from both black and white sides. 

Although the news reporters wouldn’t have secured certain financial gain, it would have been best long term if they took a different approach in capturing the civil rights protests. Berger is right about the media using African-Americans as victims doing as much harm as it did good, however I disagree with the statement that it was to soothe this concept of “white anxiety”. The idea of white anxiety is used as a poor interpretation by mainstream media and some political narratives to gain leverage on “white America”. Berger’s claim that  the African American social image was tainted due to the necessity to portray them as victims in order to sooth white anxiety rests on the questionable black & white common ways of that X can’t happen without Y being affected negative. If the media didn’t frame African-Americans protesting as victims, then the alternative photographs would be of those depicting African-American civil rights activists trying to overthrow an existing system right? That’s exactly where the attempt to avoid “white anxiety” would arise, so no. Instead, it would do civil rights activists more justice if a timeline of photos were posed on media outlets rather than a picture taken out of context. If a society integrated with African-Americans could have been a certain possibility, then it would have been better to cater to a more fair depiction of the world events objectively rather than to anyone’s favor.

Berger states that the white media would use their publications to illustrate black people negatively and use it to increase the force and superiority of white people. For this reason, I agree with Berger due to the clear evidence that white people wanted to create this atmosphere that everything revolved around them and made them think they had the right to treat black people the way they thought it was correct. This issue led to both outcomes for both communities, but unfortunately, it only increased the integrity of white people. Movements like this only promote white supremacy and racism worldwide.

Berger argues that photographs of the civil rights movement were used by white press to convey blacks as powerless to feed the white racial power. I agree with Berger as we can clearly see similarities within the photographs that were published: defenseless black restrained by white supremacy. Since photographs of violences catch more attention, it is no doubt that publishers use these kinds of images. This results in an adverse effect on the movement as it promotes violence against black while alleviating white anxieties.

Berger feels that white publications would depict black people in a negative way, and that white journalistic exploitation of photos reinforced white domination. I agree with berger when he says black people are shown in a negative way in photographs. I believe this has carried over as a race issue throughout many decades as racism still exists today and is one of the worlds biggest problems. I do believe that photographs benefited white people as they had reassurance in those photographs, while black people on the other werent given that same reassurance.