Multicultural Initiatives: Racism in Cartoons

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Racism in Cartoons

This young man did a great job analyzing stereotypes in cartoons, connecting them to United States historical events (ie: segregation, Civil Rights), and narrating the images he sites as examples. Some of the examples he uses are repeats - I have the entire video clip in other posts on this blog.

What do imagine when you think of a woman wearing a hijab? The images on this site http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3QDvqk/beenidrew.com/pretty-models-in-hijaab/ challenge the stereotype.