Web Exercise One: Advertisements

Take a look at the vintage advertisements and compare with the more recent advertisements. Compare and contrast the different time periods.

 

Vintage Advertisements

“41 Mind-Blowingly Racist Vintage Ads You Need to See,” by Nico Lang, Thought Catalog, September 26, 2013.

http://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/09/41-mind-blowingly-racist-vintage-ads-you-need-to-see/

 

Recent Advertisements

“9 Racist Ads, Commercials that Promote Negative Images of Black People,” Atlanta Black Star, November 19, 2013.

http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/11/19/9-racist-ads-commercials-that-promote-negative-images-of-black-people/

 

Web Exercise Two: Responses of Artists of Color to Racism

What statements are these artists making about stereotypes?

 

Web Exercise Three:

Research the way comedians from different ethnic and racial groups respond to stereotypes. For example, the Axis of Evil comedy tour. As an example, you can begin with the following site, Muslim Comics Tour America to Fight Stereotypes with Laughs: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/09/16/223175177/muslim-comics-tour-america-to-fight-stereotypes-with-laughs

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