Reference no: EM133242385

Assignment:

• Laura Turner, "Media Images of Women: Music" Download Laura Turner, "Media Images of Women: Music"(as a kind of intro/warmup)
• Patricia Hill Collins, "Why Black Sexual Politics?" Download Patricia Hill Collins, "Why Black Sexual Politics?" (the main event/text)

Answer each in at least a few sentences.

1. Explain what Collins means by "this new mass media context" (referenced in the quote above) and what she calls the "new racism" that defines it.
2. Unpack/summarize the following quote: "In the context of the new racism, cultural explanations for economic success and poverty substitute for biological arguments concerning intelligence or genetic dispositions for immorality or violence" (Collins 41).
3. On page 44, Collins describes "sex role theory" and argues that, "by its very nature," it "disadvantages Black people." Explain her claim; how does it connect to racist stereotypes about Black masculinity and femininity?
4. Define the "politics of respectability" Collins mentions at various points in this chapter (perhaps most explicitly on 51)--you might have to do some research on your own to better understand this term-and explain it to me iyow
5. Consider the topic of cultural appropriation in this context. What is it? Explain this term to me as if I were someone who'd never heard of it. Then, tell me how it fits in with Collins's chapter about portrayals of Blackness in popular culture. Finally, give me an example of cultural appropriation - you can come up with a hypothetical, or use a real occurrence from pop culture or your own life.