Tearing Down Racist Images: A Cognitive Understinding
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13930688012021-08-03T06:22:36Z Tearing Down Racist Images: A Cognitive Understinding Miller, Penelope B. Education My research has centered on the Aunt Jemima pancake mix logo. An example from my past illustrates the phenomenon of white racial unawareness. Aunt Jemima was my father's favorite pancake mix. Even today, the taste brings back memories of a warm kitchen, family fun and pancakes coming off the grill. There was no thought in my family nor our white midwestern community that this stereotype was offensive to anyone. When I brought the package of pancake mix to my classes, I observed that my college students were also unaware of the stereotypes. Without awareness or awakening to the symbolic meanings of visuals, racism continues to maintain itself at an unconscious level.My investigation focused attention on the link between unconscious and conscious visual racism. Using a classroom intervention, students become critically aware of visual cues in American popular culture, opening them to the possibility that they may harbor racist biases. Since many students experienced dissonance from the classroom encounter with the Aunt Jemima logo they needed time to sort out the conflictive situation. For this reason the study occurred throughout an academic quarter. The instructional intervention took the following sequence:From unawareness to CONFLICT----> field experience, peer discussions,and journal-keeping----> CHOICE.This formula is typical of constructivist observations of classroom learning. I developed a new model consisting of a two dimensional oval representing oppression and a three dimensional form for the liberation cycle. Additionally the study suggested a means of evaluating one's conclusions to developing critical thought in art criticism models.If I had to summarize the whole study with a new term- it would be "visual racism". I developed this term for this study. The entire document investigates the process by which a visual stereotype enters into cognitive schemata that are assimilated along with other items and which does much damage to segments of society. It is visual racism and the point is to recognize and confront these in ones own mind. 1997 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393068801 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1393068801 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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