News Reel: Mixed Race

Uploaded on Sunday 23 January 2011

DESCRIPTION

A News Reel featuring a mixed-race Chinese man in 1933. It reveals some of the racist, xenophobic and ethnocentric ideologies of the 1930s. It identifies this man as a sort of oddity because of his Chinese background despite very Caucasian features. A very early look at issues of race, ethnicity and identity and how those things were socially constructed during this era.

DETAILS

Language: English

Length: 1:00

Country: United States

License:
Creative Commons License

News Reel: Mixed Race by Mike Rotella is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain 3.0 License.


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