/r/pocmedia
A place for works of fiction, art, visual media like film, music, journalistic content, academic work, and other content from people whose stories aren't often shown or represented in popular or mainstream media.
MISSON STATEMENT:
This place should be seen as a launching pad.
BACK UPS:
A place for works of fiction, art, visual media like film, music, and other creative content people whose stories aren't often shown or represented in popular or mainstream media.
All are welcome to post.
MISSON STATEMENT:
In Western and US media it is often the case the person in focus often is white and stories told are often about white people. This subreddit was created to change this deficit in representation and to give people of color a chance to represent themselves through media on reddit through their own perspectives.
This subreddit is a place for content created by people of color and/or content that represents people of color.
This also a place for PoC creators on reddit to showcase their creative or academic works.
All are welcome to post relevant content
Rules:
No racism, colorism, anti-GSRM sentiment (Gender, Sexual, & Romantic Minorities), sexism, xenophobia, ableism, harassing other users, etc.
Don't be a jerk.
After the first instance warning and the second time will result in slam from the ban hammer.
POSTING GUIDLINES
If it's an article or interview about music, film, or something else other form of media content please
If relevant flair doesn't exist for your post, please message the moderators.
If the content is your personal work or you worked on it put (OC) after the title.
Constructive Criticism is not ad hominem.
Don't forget to upvote.
Please show R-E-S-P-E-C-T to your fellow redditors. (Sock it to me)
We encourage you to use the flair designating the type of content.
RESOURCES
Recommended Blogs and Websites (Under Construction)
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Hi everyone,
I have just written a piece on Mark Knopfler (Dire Straights) investigating the Caledonian Blues. I uncover how the album 'Sailing to Philadelphia' ties into history, Scottish identity, the blending of music genres and most intriguingly...The American Civil War.
I hope you enjoy, any feedback is appreciated.
The Caledonian Blues of Mark Knopfler – Why not wonder? (wordpress.com)
Would love some good reviews!!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDKTBiHBmeI
If you haven't already seen it then you should definitely watch "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" (1993). It's an entertaining film about an absolute legend and I think that it is extremely relevant today. The movie shows how Bruce Lee was affected by the extremely racist and stereotypical portrayals of Asians in American media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M
This encouraged Bruce Lee to become the pioneer for positive Asian representation in American media that he became. This is extremely relevant today because of #AsianAugust and the push for more positive POC representation in media that's currently happening. After Bruce Lee there really hasn't been much progress in better representing Asians in American media. Maybe this is finally changing? It also depicts some of the racism that Asians experience in America on a daily basis
First Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag1IisyP1ak
Sequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldMIVjyEN6s
Wong Fu Productions' "Asian Bachelorette" tackles how rare and "weird" it is to see Asian males on shows like The Bachelorette. The video went viral and showed that these kinds of things shouldn't be stigmatized or be viewed as strange. Now Wong Fu Productions is releasing their sequel "Asian Bachelorette 2" which should give more interesting takes.
NYC is a depressing place. It seems to be getting worse...but maybe that's me... getting too familiar with it.
I've come to see people don't see beauty in reality anymore...and I'm not sure if they ever did.
I see now that I've lived my life around people who are so insecure about themselves that they don't see the beauty around.
We can try to enlighten, but that doesn't work on people who are addicted to the feeling of egocentrism.
We can not get peace without love, but egocentrism destroys love.
All the language people use engages only the ego.
Try to notice the difference in the volume of words you see that engage the ego, compared to the volume of words you see that engage pro-social emotions: compassion, mercy, altruism, humility, etc..
Our actions are a direct consequence of our beliefs.
A culture of extreme systemic violence is culture of violent thinking.
It took a lot of time to notice the problem with words and language.
We won't get love if we teach it ....using the word very often.
We must speak the emotions we want to see in the world.
#Preach Love with Every Breath
The world needs us to do that.