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Race and the Media CMNS 452 (4)
Examines the contemporary construction and maintenance of race and ethnicity, through movies, music, and the Internet. Provides grounding in scholarship on media, race, ethnicity, and identity. Explores the historical role of entertainment in racialization. Investigates contemporary issues and forms of media and race. Prerequisite: 75 units including one of CMNS 220, 221, 223 (or 223W), or 262, and at least two CMNS upper division courses. Students who have taken CMNS 486 with subtitle "Race and the Media" cannot take this course for further credit.