In this episode, let's talk about West Side Story - it's story of immigration, assimilation, and whitewashing.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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In today's episode we're going to talk about how the writers of The Little Rascals were influenced by popular media of the time: the Inglewood Raid and lynchings in newspapers, the film The Birth of a Nation, and music produced and sold by the KKK.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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In today's episode we're going to talk about the TV show Highway to Heaven, its 1984 episode titled "Dust Child," and its connection to the Vietnam War and anti-Vietnamese sentiment in the 1980s.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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For this episode, we're going to talk about U.S. foreign policy and how it shaped Hollywood's representation of Latin America in the 1940s, creating films full of racism, whitewashing, exoticism, and sexual objectification.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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On today's episode we'll talk about homophobia, whitewashing, and gay bars as through Cheers' 1983 episode "The Boys in the Bar."
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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For this episode we're going to talk about Ugly Betty, affirmative action, and privilege in a "post-racial" society.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about how minstrelsy, blackface, and stereotypes shaped radio and helped frame the first sitcom to star a black star.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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Last episode you got to learn all about Anna May Wong, and this episode we're finishing up the cliffhanger! You'll hear about how American views about the Chinese and Chinese Americans shifted in the 1930s and WWII.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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In this episode we're going to talk about whitewashing, yellowface, anti miscegenation, and Anna May Wong.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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In this episode, we'll talk about HIV, AIDs, and Captain Planet's 1992 episode "A Formula for Hate."
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
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