Blog Assignment #3

Stuart Hall's Race, the Floating Signifier

1.) Summarize and Respond to the two videos loaded onto our blog site. Use the following urls to load the videos.

2.) Watch the video entitled, Race, the Floating Signifier: Featuring Stuart Hall, found at: http://youtu.be/bMo2uiRAf30

3.) Watch the video entitled, Art and Absence of Racial Bias, found on Youtube.com: http://youtu.be/tgFiBxSEPWA

3.) Use five terms from Stuart Hall's language in your response. Use two or more quotes from the two videos (one from each) to summarize and respond to Hall's arguments. What does Stuart Hall argue? How does the Art & Absence ... exemplify (or prove) Hall's remarks? Is race a biological issue or is it a classification constructed by (a mostly white) culture?  Why? or Why not?  Explain. What does Hall mean by floating signifier?  Write 400-500 words (50/50 summary and response). Due: Post at this blog site February 7th NLT 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Standard Time. Respond to two (2) postings (300 words each) for extra credit points. Respond to postings with fewer than two (2) responses.