In this discussion you must post a thread and reply to at least two other students’ threads. Please be considerate of others and their opinions.
Watch the following 7 YouTube clips – what do you think? What impact (if any) do you think this has on the way people view others?
Top 10 Insanely Racist Moments in Disney Movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKWGQyz-oLw
10 Most Racist Old Cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n-id-rwKaU&t=116s
Racist Stereotypes in TV and Film that White People don’t see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKAAtHARb4M
Edward Said – Framed: The Politics of Stereotypes in News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QYrAqrpshw
What Hollywood Still Gets Wrong About Native Americans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47VcXlSWw-8
Then Vs. Now: TOP 5 Latino Stereotypes In Hollywood | mitú https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Fq27AzSMo
Yellowface is a bad look, Hollywood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB0lrSebyng
Students are expected to read relevant academic and non-academic materials (articles/news reports/videos/blogs, interviews and/or observations) assigned for each topic on a weekly basis.
There are those who believe America has moved to a post-racial society, where race and ethnicity are no longer problems.
Read at least 2 articles that support this post-racial thesis.
What were their main arguments? (10 pts – approximately a paragraph)
State your Sources (2 pts)
There are those who believe that race and ethnicity continues to be a significant concept that has real consequences in America.
Read at least 2 articles that support this idea.
What were their main arguments? (10 pts – approximately a paragraph)
State your Sources (2 pts)
After researching both sides – What do you think? (10 pts – approximately a paragraph)
If you keep up on politics and current events, then you are aware that there has been a great deal of debate on the topic of Critical Race Theory and its place in education. Two different people or groups of people can look at the same issue and perceive it completely different. This can be due to several different reasons including religious beliefs, political affiliation, family background, social class, race/ethnicity, gender, where they live, where they grew up etc.
For this assignment, you are to examine the concept of Critical Race Theory.
Define Critical Race Theory, (5 pt)
For the side that supports teaching the concepts of Critical Race Theory – why? (5 pts)
For the side that is opposed to teaching the concepts of Critical Race Theory – why? (5 pts)
What do you think are the reasons the people on each side of the issue see it so differently? (5pts)
Overall, after researching the two viewpoints what do you think? (5 pts – approximately a paragraph)
State your Sources (5 pts)
Watch Tim Wise: White Privilege, Racism, White Denial & The Cost of Inequality on Youtube: (I know this is an older video but reflect on whether things have changed just since this video was out – let alone the last 20, 30, 40 years).
take 3 points from the documentary (10 points each) that you felt were significant and discuss why (approximately a paragraph for each point)
then another paragraph ( 10 points) about your overall thoughts about the documentary.
