Racial Theory
According to Du Bois, cited by Pérez, race and racism work as a political and ideological tool for ruling-class whites... how?
By maintaining and creating social division within white-dominated societies
THIS kind of comic uses long narratives, often personal, as their whole routine.
Storytelling comic
When is the Autoethnography paper due?
Anytime before the end of the term, but don't wait too long!
What were early philosophers' opinions on humor, joke-making, and laughing?
Humor is unsophisticated, it is buffoonery
What is US Settler Colonialism?
The displacement, removal, forced assimilation, destruction of languages and cultures of Indigenous people through internal (treaties, reservations) and external (mining Indigenous land/resource taking) means
According to Pérez, racist humor has a role in what?
The roel of generating and maintaining racialized feelings, hierarchies, and worldviews. "In other words, racist humor has power."
What does it mean when the room is "Hot"
The audience is laughing at everything, everyone is having a great time
Have you signed up for a Humor Analysis Presentation?
Yes... or you will
Describe Superiority theory
This theory states that our laughter arises from feelings of WHAT over other people or over a former state of ourselves.
This was the first significant law restricting immigration to the United States based on nationality
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What is Decolonization? Give an example
The undoing of colonial thinking and processes, if not also the awareness of being a part of a settler state. Example: Learning what Native land you are on; Seeking out primary sources by Indigenous artists, scholars, and creators
What does it mean "to kill?"
Humor Analysis Presentation, Instagram Post
Tell us a "Dad joke"
That was really bad
What was the Bracero Program?
(1942-1964)
This granted Mexican laborers temporary status to work in the United States during and after World War II.
What is Racialization?
An assigned set of behaviors, qualities, or conditions for a racial group that determine a racial hierarchy
What does the "Host/MC" do?
Introduce comedians, open the show, keep the show moving, and maintain the energy of the comedy show!
This is the handle for the class Instagram account...
@race_performance_comedy
What kind of jokes or comedic styles make you laugh?
THIS movement aims to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by Black people and to promote anti-racism. Its primary concerns are police brutality and racially motivated violence against Black folks.
Black Lives Matter
Pérez writes that "racist jokes provide a similar type of opportunity for _______ and _______ against individuals and groups that are dehumanized and devalued
Alignment, agreement, social affiliation, connection
What does it mean to "Bomb?"
To get little or no laughs
When is the Final Project Proposal due?
August 8th
Laughter is the best WHAT
Medicine
THIS event in American History led to significant changes in counterterrorism measures and immigration, particularly as it relates to Muslim communities
9/11