Watch I Am Not Your Negro https://www.kanopy.com/en/salemstate/video/542400

Watch I Am Not Your Negro
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Watch Ethnic Notions
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Write a summary of I Am Not Your Negro (about 500 words)
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Write a summary of Ethnic Notions (about 500 words)
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Write an essay in which you address the following questions (about 500 words):
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Identify the varied stereotypes and personas that have been used, and imposed in popular culture to mislabel African American people.
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Can you see these images in today’s society? Are they still being used?
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Can you name a recent film that uses these stereotypes? How was the stereotyped employed.
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How could racial stereotypes be a hindrance to the black equality even today?
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Do racial stereotypes shape opinions of African Americans of themselves? (Note – Baldwin was very astute and clear in the film I Am Not Your Negro to say that the images had never reflected any of the men he ever knew- including his father)
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How can we eradicate these images from being continuously used in literature, music, television and film?
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