10.28.16+and+10.31.16

WU: Halloween Poll

If you participate in Halloween, what have you dressed up as in the past? If you can’t remember, what costumes have you seen others wearing in the past.

Discuss: What goes into choosing a costume? What do you think about?

Are there any costumes that people should not dress up in? Why or why not?

Watch: [|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX69E9pkf8__]

View: [|__https://www.ohio.edu/orgs/stars/Poster_Campaign.html__]

Pair-share:

What do these videos and projects suggest about cultural experience or power?

How do you feel about the subjects reactions to the costumes they interact with?

Definition: Cultural Appropriation What do you think this phrase means?

 “Because people from hundreds of different ethnicities make up the U.S. population, it’s not surprising that at times cultural groups rub off on each other. Americans who grow up in diverse communities may pick up the dialect, customs and religious traditions of the cultural groups that surround them. Cultural appropriation is an entirely different matter. It has little to do with one’s exposure to and familiarity with different cultures. Instead, cultural appropriation typically involves members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups — often with little understanding of the latter’s history, experience and traditions.” The author of [|__Who Owns Culture? Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law__] , defined cultural appropriation as follows: “Taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission. This can include unauthorized use of another culture's dance, dress, music, language, folklore, cuisine, traditional medicine, religious symbols, etc. It's most likely to be harmful when the source community is a [|__minority group__]  that has been oppressed or exploited in other ways or when the object of appropriation is particularly sensitive, e.g. sacred objects.” In the United States, cultural appropriation almost always involves members of the dominant culture (or those who identify with it) “borrowing” from the cultures of minority groups. African Americans, Asian Americans, [|__Native Americans__]  and indigenous peoples generally tend to emerge as the groups targeted for cultural appropriation. Black music and dance, [|__Native American fashions__] , decorations and cultural symbols and Asian martial arts and dress have all fallen prey to cultural appropriation. [|__http://racerelations.about.com/od/diversitymatters/fl/What-Is-Cultural-Appropriation-and-Why-Is-It-Wrong.htm__] Watch:“Myths about Cultural Appropriation” [|__http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-myths-about-cultural-appropriation-debunked-in-this-video_us_564f5bd9e4b0d4093a578c46?utm_hp_ref=cultural-appropriation__]

Read: "Here's Why You Shouldn't Wear a Native American Headdress" [|__http://www.mtv.com/news/1837578/why-you-should-not-wear-headdresses/__]

Respond: Why did the author and its contributors create this article?

What is its intended impact? What techniques does the author use to make her point(s)? Is the article effective? If so, how?

How does this relate to what we’ve studied so far this year?

HW: Using the handout given to you in class, prep for your graded discussion next class. Here's the handout with links to the articles/video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EgWzwFGjX1sOJz7iteeOV-W0jR42o-8CZ0FfY5IljbM/edit?usp=sharing