SNL101

Michael Keaton’s fourth time hosting on October 19, 2024 was unfortunately short on Batman, Beetlejuice, and Birdman jokes. We discuss the Weekend Update appearances of Sarah Sherman and Emil Wakim, as well as the absurdity of internalized oppression and how the film by Please Don’t Destroy: Skydiving can remind us to be more empathetic in our everyday lives. We also take a brief detour to ruminate on Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks at a Trump Rally in New York. Readings include psychological, philosophical, and sociological investigations into whiteness and Susan Sontag’s essay, “Regarding the Suffering of Others.”

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Readings

Devos, T., & Banaji, M. R. (2005). American=White?. Journal of personality and social psychology, 88(3), 447. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/0022-3514.88.3.447 

Harris, C. I. (1993). Whiteness as property. Harvard law review, 1707-1791. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1341787.pdf

Moon, D. (1999). White enculturation and bourgeois ideology: The discursive production of “good (white) girls.”. Whiteness: The communication of social identity, 177-197.

Sontag, S. (2003). Regarding the pain of others. Diogène, 201(1), 127-139. https://monoskop.org/images/a/a6/Sontag_Susan_2003_Regarding_the_Pain_of_Others.pdf