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The Concept of Whiteness and American Film

• The social construction of race (+ arguments for/against saying race isn't important) 53
  
• How “whiteness” is represented on film (how it is made invisible, the default category) 51
  
• Tokenism (how minority characters are used as a stand-in for their race/ethnicity) 52
  
• Othering (how whiteness is constructed through the portrayal of non-white characters) 53-54
  
• How portrayals of white groups (Irish, Italians, Jews, and Arabs) has changed over time 56, 60, 65, 70