Identify social political economic and cultural forces

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Homework: General Education Common Graded Homework- Cultural Product Analysis

Introduction to Africana Studies is a general education course designed to assist students in the development of critical life skills. One of the goals of this homework is to assess student competence for each of these objectives:

A. Written and Oral Communication-Evaluate the thoughts, values and traditions of peoples of the African Diaspora in the past and present.

B. Critical Analysis and Reasoning- Recognize connections between the Black culture and experience in the United States and the rest of the world.

C. Information Literacy- Find, evaluate, use and cite both primary and secondary academic resources related to Africana Studies

D. Local and Global Diversity- Analyze the impact that gender and class have upon social, cultural, political, and economic issues relevant to the experiences of people of African descent.

E. Personal and Professional Ethics- Examine their own viewpoints and assumptions concerning race and ethnic relations in cultures throughout the African Diaspora.

In addition to the above general education objectives, this homework assesses students' understanding and application of the following skills and knowledge specific to Africana Studies:

A. Identify the impact of media (print, electronic, etc.) in shaping race/ethnic relations.

B. Identify social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape the racial and ethnic division throughout the African Diaspora.

C. Identify the uses of Afrocentrism as an analytic tool in a number of social science and humanities disciplines.

Task

In a 3 to 6 pages essay, students will analyze how a cultural product constructs perceptions of African American culture and traditions in the United States. Students will consider how it shapes our notions or understanding of what it means to be an African American, how it confirms, resists, or revises stereotypes of Blacks in the American context. A cultural product is a human-created object that expresses values, beliefs, norms, and interpretations.

Purpose: To demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which race and ethnicity are socially constructed and maintained through culture, and to illustrate mastery of the core concepts concerning the development of African American culture by utilizing history and theories of power, privilege, hierarchy, race, ethnicity, and class. Audience: The course instructor

Directions:

Cultural Products Include:

A. Literature: a short story, mythology, novel, poem, greeting card or play

B. Music: a song, performer, or specific genre (hip hop, R & B, jazz, blues, etc...)

C. Cinema: a character in a movie or a movie in a specific genre (Blaxploitation, action, etc...) Television: a character in a series or a specific genre (comedy, reality shows, music videos, etc...) Print Media: a specific magazine, newspaper, newsletter, journal or periodical

D. Visual Art: photography, painting, sculpture

E. African American Holidays: Kwanzaa, Juneteenth, Jubilee, etc...

Guiding Questions: In whatever cultural product that you choose, determine the following;

A. What do you learn about African American culture and traditions?

B. Is there evidence of stereotyping or racial hierarchy?

C. What messages does this cultural product send to African Americans and non-African Americans?

D. What conclusions can you draw from completing this homework about the way that African Diasporic culture has been constructed?

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