Humanities Question

Essay #2 Prompts

Dr. Luke Arredondo

HUM 3321

Instructions:

Construct an essay answering one of the three prompts below.

Remember that your argument should be founded in the articles from the semester, and that you should utilize the films only for support. You must analyze the authors who are included in bold font in the prompts below for each question. 

Option one: African Americans and Race/Ethnicity

1. Two groups of readings for this section of the course focus on various aspects of the experience of African Americans in American culture and with more generic questions of ethnicity and race. Wing Sue e. al emphasize microaggressions and their place in contemporary culture, where racism works more under the surface and less explicitly. Cammarota addresses the role of white saviors. McIntosh speaks of white privilege, and Omi and Winant trace some of the historical development of racism. Rowe highlights questions of ethnicity and especially the role of police power. 
2. In your essay, address two or three of the main concepts brought out by Wing Sue, Cammrota, McIntosh, Omi and Winant, or Rowe. How do they relate to either The Harder They Fall or McFarland, USA? (Use these articles for reference Julio Cammarota, Blinded by the Avatar: White Saviors and Allies Out of Hollywood and in Education, Derald Wing Sue et. al, Racial Microaggressions: Implications for Clinical Practice, Aimee Rowe, Whose America? Politics of Rhetoric and Space in Formation of Nationalism)