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Racial Stereotyping in Mainstream Media Question 1
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Intro to Race & Ethnicity:
2023SP-ETH-027-104
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Respond to the following
questions (min. 3-5 sentences each) in MLA format. View examples of MLA
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1. According to the
Orientalism documentary how does Edward Said define Orientalism, and how do
modern representations of Middle Eastern and Asian peoples in mainstream media
reinforce Orientalist ideas? Use specific
examples from the film.Intro
to Race & Ethnicity: 2023SP-ETH-027-104 1. According to the Orientalism
documentary how does Edward Said define Orientalism, and how do modern
representations of Middle Eastern and Asian peoples in mainstream media
reinforce Orientalist ideas? Use specific examples from the film.
2. List 3 stereotypes
discussed in the film Latinos Beyond Reel and explain how they have impacted
Latine peoples negatively. Explain how these damaging images have real world
impacts on policy affecting Latine communities.
3. What do you think accounted
for the enormous popularity of "Black Minstrels/Blackface" for white
audiences? Do these images still persist? How?
4. After watching the film
Ethnic Notions what do you know now that you didn't before? Or what did you
know before that you now understand differently after watching the film?
Expert Solution
Question 1Sayid definition of
the concept has extensively been utilized in various concepts. Sayid argues
that this concept refers to the distorted lens utilized by Western
civilization, especially the USA and Western Europe, to analyze individuals and
nations in the Middle East (Palestine Diary 2:42). This lens significantly
impacts the modern representation of Asian and other individuals from the
Middle East in mainstream media. For instance, Nerval’s book is based on the
theory that these individuals are the same no matter the region they encounter,
reinforcing Orientalism (Palestine Diary 7:14). Generally, orientalism is
present in mainstream media representation of these individuals.
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