There is this movie that I’ve watched many times and there are some pretty interesting topics of not only ethnicity, but also of gender discrimination. The movie that I am talking about is one that is more or less a first rate comedy and its name is Anchorman! This movie is packed with ethnicity. During the first part of the movie there are several sexist remarks about women. “Ron Burgundy” played by Will Ferrel is the top guy in the group at the news station and he throws parties that women come to. He knowingly feels empowered because of his status as a man and because he is the lead anchorman. But, when he is quickly turned down by the new newswoman at the party, he is speachless because he has never come across a woman that didn’t care about the power he had in the station. This sense of power can be related back to how the white protestants felt about the new irish Catholics coming into the United States. The protestants had all the power and kept it that way by making it certain that the Irish could not gain too much money while working.
An example of empowerment is when the new woman anchor comes out and takes the lead anchor position is a turning point in the movie for Ron Burgondy because he loses his legitimate power as the lead male role in the newsroom. This kind of event one that actually started to happen during the 70’s when women started taking on more powerful roles in the media and helped to create more equality unlike the way it was back in the colonial times.