Dines, Gender, Race and Class in Media, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Web Exercises
Part II: Representations of Gender, Race and Class
Role Reversal and the “Transracial”
1. Have students read the article by Morris, Part II, Chapter 10.
2. Have a brief discussion about the idea of being “transracial” and compare it to the idea of
being “transgender.” How are they different?
Racist Branding: A History
1. Assign students to read the article by King.
2. In class, show them the website from Business Insider which details the history of several
racist brand mascots/logos—some of which are still in use.
From Limbaugh to Trump
1. Assign students to read the article by Katz.
2. Show this video on YouTube which is a discussion by Rush Limbaugh on Fox News
Sunday in which he accuses the “left wing media” of sabotaging Trump’s presidency.