Extra+Credit

// (due on day of Final Exam) //
 * English Literature Extra Credit Assignment **
 * // Instructions: //**
 * 1) Log on to http://englishlitkma08009.wikispaces.com/
 * 2) Click on the **Extra Credit** link


 * // Assignment: //**
 * 1) Watch one of the following two videos:
 * 2) // Images of Black People in the Media: Part 1 //
 * 3) // Images of Black People in the Media: Part // 2

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B. For //Images of Black People in the Media: Part 1//, write a reflection of 250 words or more on ONE of the following statements:
 * 1) Though the image of Black people has evolved through American history since the 1940s, it has also been degraded by Black people themselves by accepting the stereotypical role assigned to them in the media, particularly in reality television.
 * 2) White children are not the only ones that are affected by the negative image of Black people in the media. Black children are “subliminally taught to devalue Blackness through magazines, TV, music, film, etc.”

C. For //Images of Black People in the Media: Part 2//, write a reflection of 250 words or more on ONE of the following statements:


 * 1) “While Hip-Hop is criticized for many things, mainly the violence and misogyny, it is still one of the greatest influences on today’s youth and culture, whether you like it or not,” and there are exemplary Black Hip-Hop artists such as Drake, 50-Cent, and Jay-Z, that make the Black community proud.
 * 2) “The most successful people in the world of Hip-Hop have mastered the art of taking on different personas in different settings, which is what minorities have had to do for years just to make it. This isn’t being phone; it’s being smart.”