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Week 11 Assignment 2: DISCUSSION

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What role has the arts (print and electronic media, including the movies and other forms of art played in advancing or reducing racist attitudes against people of color in America. Your responses must be no less that 200 words. Respond to at least two (2) of your classmates in no less than 100 words.

KIMBERLIY’S POST:

During the beginning stages of film and media, African Americans struggled to represent their own stories, beliefs, opinions, and identities because White people controlled the entertainment industry and chose what images of Black people to portray. Bias, disempowerment, and discrimination in regard to race have been longstanding issues within several aspects of mainstream media, including television news, entertainment, and advertising.

During this beginning era of television, the population of those who worked in advertising, news and entertainment was predominantly White. As in most other non-menial employment in the United States, and likewise the perceptions and values held by this influential population, were reflected in produced media. How media content was formed, selected, and presented was heavily subjected to the opinions of those involved in the industry. Advertisements for products that were being marketed universally to the American public would still depict Caucasian people, leaving only the advertisements for products marketed for Black Americans to depict people of color.

Since the early utilization of media, the impacts on how people are represented are imperative to understand how racism is perpetuated within our society. The media provides a greater understanding of historical context as well as patterns, influences, and beliefs around generational media impacts: Throughout history, the mass media, in various forms, have tended to support the power of the dominant group by presenting to the general public highly negative, emotion- evoking images of minority groups. (Luther et al., 2012, p. 322) 

Luther, C., Ringer Lepre, C., & Clark, N. (2012). Diversity in U.S. Mass Media. Malden: Wiley- Blackwell. 

DONNA’S POST:

I don't feel like it advance or reduce the attitudes against people of color in America. They bring awareness to racist but reducing it no, because it's too deep for most white people. As long as white people raised their children to continued to be racist against other races racist will continue. The white race is very strong and is built on a strong foundation. The media and the movies industry create movies about racist every year and it still exist. This will be a on going conversation until the end. The white and black race have been in conflict for many years and nothing has really change. The media are always having topic of racist against black people and also have events to encourage white policemen to come out and support and to get to know the black in the community that they patrol. There are white policemen that come out to support but only because they have to. These are the same white policemen that will kill a black person without any hesitation. When the black artist get involved it's a responses from the white community that they kill their own people and nothing is done, but when a white man kills a black man they come out and try do everything they can to bring it to the media. 

Week 11 Assignment 3: Short Essay

The concept of the aesthetic. "The concept of the aesthetic descends from the concept of taste." In a short essay explain how the concept of taste affects how we view beauty? (300 words)

Truman Doctrine Discussion

All primary discussion posts must be 100 words or more and at least 75 words when you are replying to another student and you must reply to at least one student.

 

Truman announced that the United States must support Greece and Turkey in order to prevent them from becoming communist. He said we must do this not because it would be nice for them, but because it was in the national security interest of the United States. What is the logic behind his argument? Do you find Truman's argument persuasive? Why or why not?

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Brown v. Board of Education Discussion

All primary discussion posts must be 100 words or more and at least 75 words when you are replying to another student and you must reply to at least one student.

 

In the Supreme Court's  Brown v. Board of Education opinion, the court dealt with whether or not separate could ever be equal (in other words, they pretended for the sake of argument that segregated facilities in the South were actually equal). Why would perfectly equal accommodations still be unconstitutional?

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