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In his 1944 study of the ‘Negro Problem’ in America, Gunnar Myrdal posed a simple, disturbing question: How can Americans espouse a belief in liberty, equality and equal opportunity while enabling openly racist Jim Crow practices against black citizens? American Denial uses ‘the Myrdal question’ to probe and expose the power of denial and unconscious bias in what some have called a ‘post-racial’ America. The film’s narrative cross-cuts between past and present, between Myrdal’s investigation –- and his own personal struggle with denial— and 21st century stories of racial injustice that we overlook while insisting on the preeminence of the ideals of liberty, justice and equality.
The film’s original artwork and photo-montage reenactments brings viewers face-to-face with racist ‘stop and frisk’ practices, our incarceration crisis, and racially patterned poverty. The film introduces psychological testing that reveals white implicit bias toward African Americans, as well as African American’s negative attitudes toward themselves. Historians, psychologists, sociologists and Myrdal’s family members offer expert insight, but also share their own personal, unsettling stories. The result is a film that challenges our assumptions about who we are and what we really believe, while illuminating a pattern of racial oppression that we have actively recreated throughout history to the present moment — while just as actively denying its consequences.
https://www.kanopy.com/en/famu/video/175060
Swedish researcher Gunnar Myrdal landmark 1944 study, An American Dilemma, probed deep into the United States’ racial psyche.
An intellectual social visionary who later won a Nobel Prize in economics, Myrdal first visited the Jim Crow South at the invitation of the Carnegie Corporation in 1938, where he was “shocked to the core by all the evils [he] saw.” With a team of scholars that included Black political scientist Ralph Bunche, Myrdal wrote his massive 1,500-page investigation of race, now considered a modern-day classic.
An American Dilemma challenged the veracity of the American creed of equality, justice, and liberty for all. It argued that critically implicit in that creed — which Myrdal called America’s “state religion” — was a more shameful conflict: white Americans explained away the lack of opportunity for African Americans by labeling them inferior.
Myrdal argued that this view justified practices and policies that openly undermined and oppressed the lives of Blacks.
Are we still a society living in this state of sociocultural denial? … If so, how and why? … if not, how and why? … provide examples from the film to support your argument
Your response should be double-spaced, 12-pt. Times New Roman font, 1-in. margins with Chicago-style footnotes.
Your scholarly response — uploaded to Canvas — will only be allowed in the following two formats: .doc, .docx + have a minimum of 4 Chicago style footnote citations per page
Base your two to three (2 – 3) page critical response — this is 500-750 (maximum) words … DO NOT GO OVER THE WORD LIMIT — upon the following:
The assigned video ( use videos for citations)
Chicago Format & Citation Style: Notes and Bibliography, 17th Edition … Movie, Film, or Documentary, YouTube Video, Television Show, Podcast, etc.
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Movie, Film, or Documentary
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Title of Movie/Film in Italics, directed by Director’s first name last name (Original release year; Place of publication: Studio/Distributor, Video release year), Medium.
2 Star Wars: A New Hope, directed by George Lucas (1977; Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century Fox, 2011), Blu-ray Disc.
3 Star Wars.
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Director’s last name, first name, dir. Title of Movie/Film in Italics. Original release year; Place of publication: Studio/Distributor, Video release year. Medium
Lucas, George, dir. Star Wars: A New Hope. 1977; Beverly Hills, CA: 20th Century Fox, 2011. Blu-ray Disc.
YouTube Video
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Author’s first name last name or Institution, “Title of Video in Quotation Marks,” YouTube video, running time, publication date, URL.
2 UWFLibraries, “UWF John C. Pace Library Flash Mob,” YouTube video, 3:13, October 22, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UR2S-JZfCw.
3 UWFLibraries, “Flash Mob.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Author’s last name, first name or Institution. “Title of Video in Quotation Marks.” YouTube video, running time. Publication date. URL.
UWFLibraries. “UWF John C. Pace Library Flash Mob.” YouTube video, 3:13. October 22, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UR2S-JZfCw.sss.
Television Show
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Title of Television Show in Italics, season #, episode #, “Title of Episode in Quotation Marks,” directed by Director’s first name last name, aired date, on Channel, URL.
2 The Brady Bunch, season 3, episode 10, “Her Sister’s Shadow,” directed by Russ Mayberry, aired November 19, 1971, on ABC, https://www.hulu.com/the-brady-bunch.
3 The Brady Bunch, “Her Sister’s Shadow.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Director’s last name, first name. Title of Television Show in Italics. Season #, episode #, “Title of Episode in Quotation Marks.” Aired date, on Channel. URL.
Mayberry, Russ, dir. The Brady Bunch. Season 3, episode 10, “Her Sister’s Shadow.” Aired November 19, 1971, on ABC. https://www.hulu.com/the-brady-bunch.
Podcast
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Author’s first name last name, “Title of Episode,” date, in Title of Podcast, produced by Producer’s first name last name, podcast, file type, running time, URL.
2 Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag, “F-Bombs, Chicken, and Exclamation Points,” April 21, 2015, in How to Do Everything, produced by Gilliam Donovan, podcast, MP3 audio, 18:46, http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510303/how-to-do-everything.”
3 Danforth and Chillag, “F-Bombs.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Episode.” Produced by Producer’s first name last name. Title of Podcast, date. Podcast, file type, running time. URL.
Danforth, Mike, and Ian Chillag. “F-Bombs, Chicken, and Exclamation Points.” Produced by by Gillian Donovan. How to Do Everything, April 21, 2015. Podcast, MP3 audio, 18:46. http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510303/how-to-do-everything.”
Sound Recording
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Name of Group/Composer/Performer, “Title of Recording in Quotation Marks,” by Names of Contributors, recorded Date, track # on Title of Album, Recording Company/Publisher, Medium.
2 Ray Charles, vocalist, “Georgia on My Mind,” by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, recorded March 1960, track 2 on The Genius Hits the Road, ABC-Paramount, Vinyl LP.
3 Charles, “Georgia on My Mind.”
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Name of Group/Composer/Performer. “Title of Recording in Quotation Marks.” By Names of Contributors. Recorded date. Track # on Title of Album. Recording Company/Publisher. Medium.
Charles, Ray. “Georgia on My Mind.” By Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. Recorded March 1960. Track 2 on The Genius Hits the Road. ABC-Paramount. Vinyl LP.
Published or Broadcast Interviews
FOOTNOTE format and examples:
1 Author’s first name last name, “Title of Interview in Quotations Marks,” interview by Interviewer first name last name, source, date, page #s cited or URL.
2 Nahas Angula, “The Pan-African Institute for the Study of African Society: An Interview with Nahas Angula,” interview by Itibari M. Zulu, Journal of Pan African Studies 10, no. 1 (March 2017): 279, EBSCOhost.
3 Angula, interview.
4 Bruce Springsteen, “Watch: Bruce Springsteen, Our Complete Interview,” interview by Jeffrey Brown, PBS NewsHour, December 20, 2016, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/watch-bruce-springsteen-complete-interview.
5 Springsteen, interview.
BIBLIOGRAPHY format and example:
Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Interview in Quotation Marks.” By Interviewer first name last name. source, date. page #s cited or URL.
Angula, Nahas. “The Pan-African Institute for the Study of African Society: An Interview with Nahas Angula.” By Itibari M. Zulu. Journal of Pan African Studies 10, no. 1 (March 2017): 278-84. EBSCOhost
Springsteen, Bruce. “Watch: Bruce Springsteen, Our Complete Interview.” By Jeffrey Brown. PBS NewsHour, December 20, 2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/watch-bruce-springsteen-complete-interview.
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