Research Topics from Dyer:
Sheila
How Christianity is an example of White racism/imperialism
What brought about the study of whiteness
How geographical boundaries lead to white supremacy
Correlations between race and gender
Levels of whiteness or the levels of supremacy based on color
Martha
References to whiteness in other texts
Interracial couples
Race in the bible
Terms for various races, including whites
People’s aspirations to be like God and Mary – tied in with whiteness
Stephanie
Homosexuality vs. ethnic/racial
White power – what is it and how do whites use or abuse it
Me-too-ism
The stereotypes of whites
Christianity as white
Julie
The emergence of the idea of whiteness in the 1800’s
Interracial rape: when was it most prevalent and under what conditions?
Physical differences between races
Women’s roles in history – Why/when the shift from private to public?
Evolution of Christianity – Why/when the association with whiteness?
Katie
European settlers and their whiteness
Works of J.F. Blumenbach
Works of Linnaeus
Women and the KKK
Miscegenation and genetics
The idea of White purity
Darkness is a sign of masculinity, ability to control a sign of whiteness? Does this mean that non-whites who can control it have a degree of whiteness?
White identity founded on compelling paradoxes
How whites, as well as non-whites, are portrayed in Westerns
What determines race (in particular whites)? Genealogy, Biology/genetics
Ryan
Good/Bad, Black/White in movies or books
Explore the historical whites that were darker than other whites
Men darker than women, certain darkness symbolizes power?
Use of historical political cartoons to show division and ideas of black and white
Sean
Symbolism of white in film
Constrast of black and white
Whitenss/attractiveness
How physical features constitute color
Whiteness/blackness in comedy
Nate
The Irish as Whites
Perception of Jews as black/white
History and motives of tanning
Perception of Native Americans related to skin color
White/black symbolism in literature
Lindsey
Shakespeare’s use of symbols to show whiteness
Different definitions of the word white
Blondness in western myth and fairy tale
Non-white stars: what they had to do to become famous
Cosmetics designed to make faces whiter
Eric
No topics
The ethnicity of Jesus
The White of Cleopatra
The idea of what as pure in advertising
Social stigmatisms regarding black or dark objects and ideas
The identity issues of white suburbia
Joel
No report
Ryan
Subjects in Art – the slippage as it results to the lighting in particular
Directors stance on lighting and how to do it
How
Psychological effects of lighting. How light influences outside viewers subconsciously
Lighting differences in different genre’s – mystery, action, romance
Nate
Lighting of White in art
White/Black in sitcoms
Light/Dark Aesthetics
Light Technology and History
History of nonwhites as directors
Sheila
White weddings
Virgin ideal in movies
White/black couples in today’s television
Cosmetics – then and now
Angels – biblical vs now
Julie
History of film
Lighting techniques in films of the early 1900’s
Function of light in the bible
Evolution of artificial lights
The effects of photography on eugenics
Eric
How does forehead illumination connote racism
Cinematography, effective brainwashing technique
Is white paper better?
Northern light: Is it preferable?
Jay
Origins of stereotypes about whiteness among different races
Differences in ideas about ethnicity and national identity among races
Whiteness in comedy
Connections between homophobia and racism
Connections to Aryan racist ideas and the Atlantis myth
Martha
History of bodybuilding
Non-white actors and dancers
The body as a way to express superiority
Fight scenes in films
Horror stories of bodybuilding
Sean
Black/white: which is perceived as physically superior?
The white body in film as an example of superiority
The connection between body and spirit
Bodybuilders as the epitome of whiteness
Heroic characters in movies
Lisa
Influence of classical art on today’s society
How white male bodies explain social differences
Christian imagery in films
What other nations think of the
How the build body correlates to imperial enterprise
White superiority established within fascism
How do Blacks feel? (about what?)
Non-white perceptions of white superiority
Brains and Brawn: How the strong, white man can sort out problems