Prevailing stereotypes in the media, are we dumber and/or "numb"-er?

As I read about all the hype surrounding Lebron James and Giselle regarding the Vogue cover, I think back to that photo TMZ and celeb gossip tv show The Insider (spin-off from Entertainment Tonight) used when referring to Sarah Hussein Obama, Barack’s Kenyan grandmother (I think she’s actually his step-grandmother but it’s all the same in the context of this post), holding a chicken. Or what about CNN’s typographical fuck up last year as they showed a picture of Bin Laden with a caption naming Barack Obama on their show The Situation Room?

Just like violence and the objectification of women, the more these images slip into our dumb brains the more accepting we become. We just soak in the subtlety to the point when we’re ready to defend its innocence.

Enough said.