Focus on weeks 6, 7, and 9 lectures, on Nagel’s “The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity:
Building Native American Identities and Communities,†on Rodriquez’s “Color-Blind
Ideology and the Cultural Appropriation of Hip-Hop,†on “What Does ‘Cultural
Appropriation†Actually Mean?â€
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/04/cultural-appropriation/521634/,
and on the videos “What is cultural appropriation†and “Cultural appropriation –
ContraPoints†(see modules in Canvas). Provide an analysis linking color-blind ideology,
identity politics, politics of identity, and cultural appropriation. How color-blind ideology
facilitates identity politics and cultural appropriation? How can politics of identity fight
color-blind ideology and cultural appropriation? How would you resolve this problem?