The election cycle started early -- and the issues of race and racism are already stronger than ever before. How do we deal with racism in this particular political climate? We're expecting another storm today, so rather than meeting in person, please check your email and respond to the discussion questions I'll be sending out this afternoon. Your answer are due to me by the end of the day on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Required reading/viewing
REMINDER: Final papers are due by 11:59 p.m. ET 12/9. Remember: Every day you miss deadline you lose 20% of your grade. Don’t make your hard work count for nothing!
Required reading/viewing
- Twitter thread about the possible impact of Trump hinting at civil war by Michael Harriot, The Root
- “Black Journalists Push Media to Cover ‘Hyper-Racial’ Moment in Politics” by Michael Calderone, Politico
- “‘The Filter… Is Powerful’: Obama on Race, Media, and What It Took to Win” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
- “NYT Top Editor: Trump Racism Headline Was a ‘F*cking Mess’” by Lachlan Cartwright, Maxwell Tani and Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
- “Anger at being labeled racist is the new ‘cultural anxiety’ for Trump supporters” by Eugene Scott, The Washington Post
- “Go Back Where You Came From: The Long Rhetorical Roots of Trump’s Racist Tweets” by Colin Dwyer and Andrew Limbong, NPR
REMINDER: Final papers are due by 11:59 p.m. ET 12/9. Remember: Every day you miss deadline you lose 20% of your grade. Don’t make your hard work count for nothing!
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