Title: Deconstructing Race: The Social Construction of Identity in Media Representations Artifact: “The Melting Pot” Political Cartoon by Clifford Berryman (1908) The political cartoon, “The Melting Pot” by Clifford Berryman

Find an artifact in the media (image, news, YouTube, advertisement, film, etc.) that depicts racial or ethnic topics such as assimilation, plural society, hypodescent, etc.
Examine the representation you choose, making connections to what you’ve learned in this module, to argue how race can be understood as a social/cultural construction and not a biological/genetic reality. Your post should be approximately 400-500 words. Include your reaction to the artifact.
Review the representations of your peers to gain multiple perspectives. Respond to one of your peers by  comparing and contrasting your artifact and findings with theirs, using concepts/ideas learned in this module.
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