The global reach of mass media leaves few unexposed to Western ideals and ideas, which privilege White and Eurocentric images. Through a combination of visual and narrative stereotypes, ads, movies, print media and television distribute implicit messages about how humans should be viewed, categorized and commented on based on their perceived social identity. This juggernaut of disproportional representation ensures that people exposed to implicit messages will unconsciously absorb and accept them. Drawing on the engaged scholarship of the first author and interviews with strangers, this manuscript explores the ways in which an intentional and inclusive combining of the same elements of visuals and narratives can be utilized to problematize one-dimensional stereotypes, create space for unlearning biased social messages, and provide an alternative method of seeing others and ourselves. This work demonstrates how Author 1 promoted her anti-racist White identity development while simultaneously supplanting stereotypical images of individuals with diverse lived experiences with complex, person-centered oral histories and portraits that serve as compelling counter-narratives.

大众传播媒介的全球影响力使西方理想和观念暴露无遗，而西方理想和观念则使怀特和以欧洲为中心的形象享有特权。通过视觉和叙述性刻板印象的结合，广告，电影，印刷媒体和电视发布了隐含的信息，说明应如何基于人们的社会认同来对人类进行观察，分类和评论。这种不成比例的代表制确保了暴露于隐性信息的人们会在不知不觉中吸收并接受它们。该手稿借鉴了第一作者的聘用奖学金以及对陌生人的采访，探讨了将视觉和叙事的相同元素进行有意和包容性结合的方法，可以用来解决一维刻板印象的问题，为没有学习偏见的社会创造空间讯息，并提供与他人和自己相处的替代方法。这项工作证明了作者1如何促进她的反种族白人身份发展，同时又取代了以复杂的，以人为中心的口述历史和肖像作为具有说服力的反叙事的具有丰富生活经验的人的刻板印象。