Problem
Students will find an example of one newspaper article and one episode of a TV show to critique. You will do the same exercise for both. You will provide a very short summary (several sentences only) of the material. Your task is to describe how the article and show is subtly racist or sexist. The point is not to find an article/show that is explicitly racist or sexist. The point is to find an article/show that is presented as ideologically neutral, but under the surface is actually structured in such a way that it subtly encourages the reader/viewer to adopt a patriarchal or white supremacist perspective. In other words, your goal is to describe the ways in which a seemingly neutral article/show actually have ideological content. For the article, describe the ways in which thejournalist discusses the issue in a way that is sexist or racist (good places to look are The Sun, Fox News, National Post, Daily Mail, etc). For the show, describe the ways in which the writers/producers make the show in a way that is sexist or racist.