Module 5 Assignment

You will be asked to complete 7 written assignments. This includes 4 written assignments The assignment will be listed under each module. For the 6 written assignment they need to be at least 1000 words in length, double spaced, 12 font, Microsoft Word document. PDF files and Pages are not accepted and will be given a 0 with no opportunity to resubmit. Documents will not be accepted in Works, Wordpad, or Wordperfect. Please do not submit papers in Microsoft Works Word Processor. It will be given a grade of a zero. No excuses. Please make sure you indent your paragraphs, double space your paper and include three sentences a paragraph. Please include an introduction and conclusion. Assignments should include a minimum of 2 references. When you make reference to research material in your paper, you must use appropriate source citations as found in the APA Publication Manual. Citing the book and author at the bottom of a posting is not enough. We need to be able to decipher your thoughts from the material. Consequently, please make sure to cite your textbook, cited examples from the Internet or scholarly sources from the library within the text in APA and include your works cited at the end of the post in APA. Please review and utilize the APA Publication Manual. Assignments are to be submitted by 11:59 pm central by the module deadline. Assignments will not be accepted late At the top of the paper please indicate your name and then skip a space and address the assignment MUST BE 1,000 Words In disparagement humor, a specific group is denigrated, belittled, or insulted. The target can be a race, a sex, a religion, an ethnicity, or an age group. The joke is conveyed through the use of negative stereotypes. Students can probably name several comedians and radio talk-show hosts who have used this type of humor. They are also likely to be familiar with the bigoted Archie Bunker character in the TV sitcom All in the Family, the four foul-mouthed, wildly politically incorrect third-graders featured in Comedy Centrals South Park cartoon, and with actor Sacha Baron Cohens portrayal of a fictional lecherous, anti-Semitic and racist Kazakh journalist in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Please speculate on the effects of such humor. Do they think that this type of humor is a positive indication of how far we have come as a society that we are now able to make fun of the absurd stereotypical beliefs of the past? Do characters like Borat appear so foolish that they cause prejudiced individuals to reject their prejudiced beliefs? Or, do they see negative social consequences to this type of humor? Do the media legitimatize these stereotypes? Does exposure to this sort of humor create a norm of tolerance that allows for the degradation of others and serves to perpetuate prejudice?