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Prior to this week, I had no idea that there was a show called the Lone Ranger.  I had heard of the Lone Ranger and knew that he was a cowboy with a Native American sidekick, Tonto, but I did not know anymore than that.  After watching an episode and reading up on it from outside sources, I realized that the Lone Ranger depicts the typical ideology of that the male anglo-saxon is superior to and as portrayed as the hero.  What I do like about the character is that he does befriend Native American and they do work well together in fighting crime, however, the way that the Tonto is portrayed can be seeing as stereotypical.  In the case of Speedy Gonzalez, I understand that it is intended to be humorous and although it could have possibly influenced the way some people saw Mexicans, I don't think that was its sole purpose.  As for the Lone Ranger, I wouldn't say that the necessarily tried to make the Indians look bad, but it is evident that they tried to make the Lone Ranger superior, a hero, the good guy.  This gives off the idea that Anglo-Saxon males are the only ones who can be trusted because they are just trying to fight crime and do the right thing.  Regardless, I believe that television needs to do a better job in monitoring what messages can be taken away from shows and they need to make sure that they don't shine any negative light on any groups of people.