“Let's Talk About Race”: Exploring Racial Stereotypes Using Popular Culture in Social Studies Classrooms

Childs, David

doi:10.1080/00377996.2014.948607

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“…Studies have described the successful utilization of popular culture among urban youth populations, within adult education, and among primary and secondary school students to facilitate learning within topics such as literacy, diversity, languages, fluency, and social studies (Calo, Woolard-Ferguson, and Koitz 2013;Childs 2014;DeCoursey 2012;Duncan-Andrande 2004;Morrell 2002;Tisdell and Thompson 2007). Fewer studies have examined the breadth of incorporation of popular culture within classroom teaching to adequately gauge just how frequently educators are using popular culture and in what teaching capacity.…”

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University faculty perceptions and utilization of popular culture in the classroom

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Covino²,

Auchter

et al. 2016

Studies in Higher Education

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This article discusses results of a survey on the utilization of and attitudes and beliefs towards the use of popular culture among faculty in higher education. A total of 212 faculty members from a mid-sized public regional university provided responses, with the majority indicating that they utilize popular culture in their classroom teaching with some frequency. Overall, the sample exhibited moderately high levels of confidence in their ability to use popular culture effectively, and found popular culture to be both important to incorporate and beneficial for enhancing critical thinking. Significant differences in both frequency of use and attitudes and beliefs were found among teaching disciplines, with those in Humanities and Social Sciences utilizing popular culture more frequently and having more positive attitudes and beliefs towards popular culture than participants in natural sciences and mathematics. A set of guidelines were provided to help advance the use of popular culture in higher education.

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confidence: 97%

University faculty perceptions and utilization of popular culture in the classroom

Peacock

Covino²,

Auchter

et al. 2016

Studies in Higher Education

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“…In classroom settings, for example, it is accepted practice to use popular culture sources as texts, on the principle that students will be enthusiastic about and receptive to analyzing media that they themselves might choose. Educators have used popular culture sources to engage preteens and teens in critical analyses of gender roles (Godina & Soto‐Ramirez, 2017), bullying (Happel‐Parkins & Esposito, 2015), and race (Childs, 2014).…”

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Messages about Foods in HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStone: Considering their Implications for Youth Health

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Goldman

2021

Family & Consum Sci Res J

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This paper explores messages about foods in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book of J. K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter series. This book is widely read by today’s youth, and as such, the food‐related content may help shape their expectations about what foods are desirable. Of interest was how frequently nutrient‐dense and nutrient‐poor foods are depicted, and with what associated affect, whether positive, neutral, or negative. All mentions of foods and beverages in the book were identified, counted, and coded into broader categories such as sweets, vegetables, and alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages. Each food reference was coded for affect. The food category most frequently depicted, and most often with positive affect, was sweets. Other foods, such as vegetables, were depicted less frequently and less often with positive affect. The implications of these food messages to preadolescents’ and adolescents’ health are considered.

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“…The mental health of South Asian Americans deteriorates as they are being harmed by negative stereotypes about them. Students who comment on these offensive characterizations reported that their self-image has been influenced by the characters associated with them (Childs, 2014).…”

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Connecting Stereotypes of South Asians in the American Media to South Asian Teenagers’ Internalized Racism

Viswanathan¹,

Vernachio²

2021

J Stud Res

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2020 put the entire world upside down in its call for racial equity and justice. During these unveiling times, minorities in America have come forward in protest of racial and ethnic stereotypes which Hollywood still plays into. This research paper capitalized on the removal and protest of these characters and dove more specifically into South Asian stereotypes which have been reinforced by television show and movie characters. The claim in these cries of disapproval for these stereotypes was that it caused internalized racism in people who were brought up watching these stereotypes forced upon them. As building a body of knowledge progressed, the unmade connection of stereotypes to internalized racism in formal research became apparent, and therefore the research paper intended to see if there was a correlation between South Asian stereotypes and internalized racism. In order to identify internalized racism among South Asian teenagers, an open-ended survey was used as a method, followed by a mixed analysis to identify self-stereotyping indicators which would denote internalized racism. The research in the end did find a staunch correlation between the South Asian stereotypes and internalized racism in today’s South Asian teenagers. While today’s teenagers cannot rid themselves of the stereotypes already imposed on them, future South Asian children might possibly have accurate and fair representation in subsequent years.

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“Let's Talk About Race”: Exploring Racial Stereotypes Using Popular Culture in Social Studies Classrooms

Cited by 23 publications

References 16 publications

University faculty perceptions and utilization of popular culture in the classroom

University faculty perceptions and utilization of popular culture in the classroom

Messages about Foods in HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStone: Considering their Implications for Youth Health

Connecting Stereotypes of South Asians in the American Media to South Asian Teenagers’ Internalized Racism

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