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  Television and Reality: The Politics of Representation in Celebrity Big Brother, U.K.

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  Shanti Kumar University of Texas at Austin

  April 17, 2007

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  (with three other housemates on Goody's side). Over the course of the show as the arguments and ...
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  'Mohr' No More? Advertising the Other in German-Speaking Europe

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  Susanne Hamscha Free University Berlin

  October 28, 2009

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  Austrian customers, namely “Mohr im Hemd” ice cream. “Mohr im Hemd,” a warm chocolate cake served with ... colonialism and slavery. But “Mohr im Hemd,” be it as ice cream or in its usual cake form, is not the only ...
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  Reproductive Racism?

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  Amber Johnson Prairie View A&M University

  August 22, 2011

  I’m not convinced. Life is impossible without reproductive justice. Reproductive justice is impossible ...
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  Harry Potter, World War II, and the Banality of Evil

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  Kati Sudnick Duquesne University

  November 08, 2016

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  considered the Other and chose the Light Side. Harry potter and WWII from Kati Sudnick ...
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  To Document or Intervene?

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  Ben Brucato Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  March 05, 2015

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  tips on how to use a cell phone to produce the best possible footage of an incident. With ... to prepare oneself to document—as clearly as possible—a police-civilian encounter, where does that ...
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  Racism, Postcolonialism, and Neocolonial Zombies: Resident Evil 5

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  Cathy Schlund-Vials University of Connecticut

  September 30, 2009

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  Racism, Postcolonialism, and Neocolonial Zombies: Resident Evil 5 racism zombies neocolonialism Resident Evil 5 Curator's Note Racism, Postcolonialism, and Neocolonial Zombies: Resident Evil 5    Released March 13, 2009, Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 was ...
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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games

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  Kishonna Gray Eastern Kentucky University

  November 12, 2014

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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games whiteness video games racism blackness Curator's Note The purpose of this discussion is to examine how the normalization of Whiteness and masculinity within video games leads ...
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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories

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  Eric Hamako Shoreline Community College

  September 28, 2009

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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories race rape Orientalism Asian racism violence zombie horde Taken Resident Evil, Yellow Peril Arab Muslim sexual assault gang rape Curator's Note   In ...