White Thief Disguises Himself As Black Man To Rob 6 Banks

This video shows how quickly it was believed that a bank
robber was African American, especially being based on
stereotypes this would naturally be the assumption anyways.

The criminal who did in fact commit the crime used
the misconceptions about race in modern society for
his own benefit - and to an extent it worked.

What does this say about how people of differing
nationalities are either critically examined or assumed
to have behaved in certain ways?

The media plays a huge role in filtering those who are presented as committing crimes and being dangerous to society. How many times has the opening criminal description of a suspect been “a tall black man ...” or “a Hispanic expected to be escaping to his home land...” on the evening news? The norm of describing and grouping criminals primarily by their race perpetuates who is assumed to be more likely of acting in categories of deviant ways.

The first line of the above post seems to sum up modern North American attitudes very well, nobody wants to be accused of being racist, or have their opinions on race viewed as being discriminatory instead of political. But by the media delivering evidence and language that isolates minorities as being the “visibly dangerous members of society,” people are continually being classified by their nationalities and racial appearances. Pertaining to crime, the content that media outlets surround society with don’t just create stereotypes - they cause entire races to be victims of propaganda and fabrication.