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Apr 21, 2023 • 30 min read

Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic, functionalist)Choose a TV series (drama, comedy, or reality TV) that takes place in current times and includes minority characters.
You might consider those already mentioned earlier or one of the following: Ballers, Being Mary Jane, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Chi, Empire, The Good Place, Greenleaf, Grey’s Anatomy, Grown-ish, How to Get Away with Murder, Insecure, The Last O.G., Master of None, One Day at a Time, On My Block, Orange Is the New Black, Power, Queen Sugar, Sunnyside, The Shahs of Sunset, This Is Us.
Choose a regular drama, comedy series, game show, or reality show rather than a news program or talk show.
Make sure that the show takes place in contemporary times (rather than in the past or in some fantasy world) since your aim will be to analyze how the show depicts modern society and affects today’s viewers.
For this paper, you’ll be watching TV and analyzing how it reflects the realities of race and ethnicity in contemporary society.
Watch a recent episode of your chosen series in its entirety. You will want to record the program or look for an episode on DVD or that you can stream from Netflix, Hulu, or another online source so that you can review certain scenes, interactions, or bits of dialogue several times. Take notes as you watch, paying special attention to the episode’s content as it relates to race and ethnicity. Your notes can be informal but should be specific and detailed. Your notes will serve as the data set you’ll be analyzing.
Your paper should include the following prompts or add your own questions for analysis:
Look up your series on IMDb or Wikipedia to learn more about its creators. Who is in control of production, direction, or writing, and how might that affect the show’s content?
Is race an explicit theme of the show, and if so, how is it addressed? Or are matters of race more implicit or in the background? How many minority characters are featured in the episode? What proportion of the total cast do they represent?
In what ways are minority characters portrayed? (You may choose to focus on one or two characters or more.) Do the characters uphold certain racial or ethnic stereotypes or challenge them?
Describe instances in which characters display aspects of situational or symbolic ethnicity.
How does the race or ethnicity of characters intersect with other social statuses or identities such as class, gender, or sexuality?
To what extent do you think the show reflects the “real world”? Use the information in the “Race, Ethnicity, and Life Chances” section of this chapter for reference.
In what ways might the show help to maintain or perpetuate prejudice and discrimination? In what ways might the show help to counteract prejudice and discrimination?
What kind of an impact did the episode have on you as a viewer? How might it shape the perceptions of other audience members with regard to race or ethnicity?
Required prompt: Discuss how a theory would explain your observations. (conflict, symbolic,

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