1. Introduction to Race and Culture in the Media

2. Terrorist- 40% Muslim-20% Arab, Scary, Eerie, Weird, Intimidating Gangster-32% Fit-32% Hot, Black, The Situation, Ripped, Welfare, Flop Gay/ Homosexual-60% Love-16% Equal rights for all, friends, disturbing, queers, accepting Fat/Overweight-65% Sexy, cute, confident, gym, whale, woman, plus-sized model, eww, ugly, lazy

3. Old fashioned-28% Housewife-28% Annoying, Proper, Perfect, Mom, Weird, Breasts Poor-32% Scary, Angry, Africans, Women with not many rights, Different culture, Real, Middle East, Hot weather, towels

4. Why do we think like this? Systematic marginalization through various forms of media.

5. Carl Linnaeus (i)The Americanus: red-skinned, of stubborn character, and angered easily (ii)The Asiaticus: yellow-skinned, avaricious, and easily distracted (iii) The Africanus: black-skinned, relaxed, and of negligent character (iv)The Europeanus: white-skinned, of gentle character, inventive mind, and bellicose (v)The Monstrosus: mythological human sub-races (included feral children and Khoi people- a South African tribe)

6. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Utilized PHRENOLOGY (analysis of human skulls) to further Linneaus’s idea that race was physiological. Five categories of race: Caucasian (white), Mongolian (yellow), Malayan (brown), American (red), Ethiopian/Negroid (black)

7. Slavery South African Apartheid The Holocaust (Eugenics) The Belgians and the Hutus /Tutsis in Rwanda

8. The political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups, regardless of the explicit consent of the latter

9. Does hegemony exist in our society today? How? Who has the power?

10. Is Chris Rock justified in saying this? Why or why not?