{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/244366.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":244366,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Introduce more  positive images of  black culture and families on the media,","background":"The History of black African people which our taught in settings reflect a negative imagine on the minds of black children and families. Media and government settings produces many negative stories and images relating to the black African race.","additional_details":"Major media outlets routinely present a distorted picture of black families — portraying them as dependent and dysfunctional — while white families are more likely to be depicted as sources of social stability, according to the report released Wednesday by Color of Change, a racial justice organization, and Family Story, an advocate of diverse family arrangements.\r\n“This leaves people with the opinion that black people are plagued with self-imposed dysfunction that creates family instability and therefore, all their problems,” said Travis L. Dixon, a communications professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who conducted the study.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2019-03-06T10:51:10.197Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:46:11.911Z","rejected_at":"2019-03-19T10:18:31.552Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-03-06T12:18:04.506Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We can't accept your petition because this would be the responsibility of media outlets and not the UK Government or Parliament.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition calling for more positive images of black culture and families in government publications and advertising campaigns if that is something you would like to see happen."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}