Assignment: Pop Culture and Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Morality, and Gender
Length: 800to1000 words.
Bell hooks (nee Gloria Jean Watkins) is a professor and social activist who has written about feminism and popular culture. For this assignment, you will watch bell hooks' views on Cultural Criticism and Transformation in the YouTube video "bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation" and read the accompanying extended transcript.
Your essay should include some discussion of the following questions:
a. Do you agree or disagree with hooks' views? Support your position.
b. Does mass media promote images of equality by leveling racial, ethnic, and gender differences or do they promote inequality through exclusion and exaggeration of difference?
c. Does mass media reinforce the viewpoints of white, male, corporate culture or does mass allow for the authentic expression of racial, ethnic, and sexual identity? Give examples to support your position
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.