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For this assignment you will use the information from the assigned reading from the Desmond and Emirbayer (2020} textbook to answer the questions provided below. Your responses need to be paraphrased and written in your own words WITHOUT directly quoting or using the exact wiords or even nearly identical ideas of someone one else. Not adhering to this policy will be considered plagiarism and a violation of the university's academic integrity policy. The short-response guestions are worth 10 points each and the course concept responses are worth 5 points each.
Questions Short Response Cuestions: Respond to each of the following in a well-written paragraph. Be sure to answer all parts of each guestion and be specific by providing concrete examples that support your arguments and demonstrate your understanding of each guestion. Please include the question to which you are responding.
1. What are minstrel shows and how did they impact race relations?
2. What is the White aesthetic" in art and how does it impact race relations for the broader society?
3. What do people's reactions to the casting of Black characters in The Hunger GamesTM movies as described on page 267 of the text imply about contemporary racial aesthetics and race relations?
4. What is the "racial aesthetic" and discuss two ways it could impact racial and ethnic relations in America today?.
5. What is the antiracist aesthetic" and discuss two ways it could impact racial and ethnic relations in America today.
6. Whiy are Monwhite individuals so underrepresented in the entertainment industry? Mow use your sociclogical imagination to propose one argument as to why the underrepresentation of racial minorities in the entertainment industry is good and one argument for why it is bad.
7. Discuss twio problems that can be associated with racializing aspects of art in ways such as Hispanic music", Black cinema", ethnic foods", etcetera. Give examples and be specific.
B. What is cultural appropriation" and why is it frowned upon by some? Give examples and be specific.
Course Concepts:
Explain the meaning of the following concepts AMD further demonstrate your understanding by providing a real-world example for each. Answers need to be provided in paragraph form, no bullet points.
1. Minstrelsy
2. Corrido
3. Marrowcasting
4. Highbrow culture vs. Lowbrow culture