Think about the history of American television and radio’s relationship to race and ethnicity. How have representations of Black people or other people of color changed over time? What particular challenges did the creators and stars of shows with Black characters or performers, other people of color, or people of differing ethnicities face when creating or discussing their programs, and why? How did critics evaluate these shows in ways that contributed to, or negotiated, these challenges? What role did news programming that displayed Black political activism play? You might also consider the following questions: What are the limitations of evaluating shows with actors from underrepresented groups in terms of “good” or “bad” representations, and what are the limitations of evaluating a show in terms of its accuracy or authenticity?
Guidelines:
- Your essays do not need to address every question in their respective prompts.
- The best essays will argue a coherent position, rather than list a series of unrelated examples.
- The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate your engagement with the class, so you will not score highly if you write something that you could have possibly written ten weeks ago without having read or viewed anything for this class. In other words, use class materials to support your points.
- You also do not need to include full citations. However, you should always make it clear when you are drawing on ideas that are not your own. You can do this by saying, “Luke Stadel makes the point that…” and then including a page number. But don’t pass off other scholars’ work as your own.
NO PLAGRISM!
Use the provided source as a refernce to answer the question.
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