Discuss the below:
Format: 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Whiteness: Explain how the film, despite its emphasis on race issues, depicts whiteness. Consider the following: How is whiteness the "default" or "ideal standard?" Does the film depict xenophobia? If so, how and by which characters toward which characters? What role does white paternalism play in this narrative about racial tolerance? In its treatment of race tension/conflicts, does the film privilege an assimilationist or "cultural specificity" approach (explain how, provide examples from the film). What does the film's ending leave us with: unresolved topics to mull over or the comfort of closure? Explain how and explore the significance. You are welcome to apply concepts and ideas from the chapter on African American representation as well.