Main tasks: 
1. Discern a specific television text for its engagement in racial discourse 
2. Articulate and share both a historical framing and your current analysis/initial critique 
Details: 
Find a television program that has a major or supporting character who is RACIALIZED. A recurring role is a more stable example to analyze than a one-time appearance, but if you’ve identified such an episode that you want to comment upon, you may.
View/be familiar with at least TWO episodes of the series; having seen many episodes is advantageous.
Consider the broadcast context: i.e., network, place on the schedule or offered on-demand/streaming, how many years/seasons has the program run, can you identify the production or parent company, research as much about the cultural production/industrial process as possible.

Prepare a 3-4 page critique including:

A brief background for the character.
What role does the character have in relation to the larger cast, e.g., in terms of PR marketing, fan activity?
How does this character participate in the main storyline?
Articulate ways that the character replicates or generates out of a long-standing trope, or perhaps, defies expectations? Be specific.
Have in mind a specific scene that illustrates your point(s).
Discuss how you think genre (the generic context) which houses this racial discourse functions? 
What is your assessment of this image/these images in the text, as well as in popular culture more broadly “ vis-à-vis context? 
In what specific ways do you understand this television program may (or may not) be moving racial representation and/or racial discourse forward, or opening up representational practices?
Clips and a power point/Google slides presentation are welcome!