MSCR 2325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Racist Music, American Exceptionalism

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Media and Screen Studies
• Course: MSCR 2325
• Professor: Seth Mulliken

Document Summary

I"m not racist music video: music video puts a white man and a black man at a level playing field, raises the question of who is american, there"s only one voice used for both characters. It"s not the voice of the white man, and that makes us identify with the black man: the embrace at the end could be considered the most radical and subversive part of the video. American-ness: black people in america are told to risk their lives, their families" lives, for this utopian idealism. Presentation 3 - mariam: media text - meeting between trump and crown prince of saudi arabia, refers to saudi arabia as a friend thanks to business deals and the flow of money to the. Us: power dynamics are displayed through body language, the prince will not bend to trump"s will, text seems contradictory to trump"s usual depiction of america, positions america and saudi arabia as partners, which goes against american exceptionalism.