User:Carolinesafran/sandbox

Article evaluation
One author on the "yellow journalism" page references Joseph Campbell's definition of yellow journalism without quoting, and I wonder if it would be more effective to use a quote. The article seems to be unbiased, though it could be argued that negatively portraying yellow journalism is inherently biased. The links in the article work fine and seem credible and relevant to the topic. On the Talk page, people are considering merging the article with the article for "tabloid journalism," which is the term used for yellow journalism in the UK. The sections on this article are very dense, and I think it could be beneficial to break them up a bit.

Potential Articles
Talk:Muckraker

This article is kind of messy, and dense. The sections definitely need to be split up more, in addition to maybe trimming down or adding some more relevant content.

Talk:Whitewashing (beauty)

This article has a lot of discussion about bias and lack of substantiated claims in this article, which would be good to pick at.

"Whitewashing" editing plans
I am looking forward to working on this article, because it is so sparse. I am worried about adding on but not being biased, but I think there is a low of potential in this article.

I found a book, Whitewash: Racialized Politics and the Media by John Gabriel that provides a comprehensive view on the history and effect of whitewashing in media. I plan to take this book out of our campus library, if available. Another book I'm interested in is Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society by Michael K. Brown. I want to provide more information about what whitewashing is, how it is used, and what kind of effect it has in our society.

Background
Whitewashing has been seen for centuries in the media, through film, photography, advertising, etc. Whitewashing in Hollywood is a prevalent issue, often attributed to the lack of racial diversity in the industry itself. Advertising companies often will airbrush their models to make them appear to have lighter skin, as seen in the L'oreal campaign with Beyoncé in 2008. Whitewashing is not just a media issue, but one that affects daily life of people of color, who feel the need to change their natural appearance to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards. Whitewashing can be seen in the form of skin whitening, either digitally or with harmful skin bleaching products, or by chemically relaxing textured hair to make it conform to Eurocentric beauty standards. Additionally, plastic surgery can be used to alter features to make them appear more European, such as double eyelid surgery.

Whitewashing can also be seen when a film or television show based off of a book or other precedent decides to rewrite a non-white role as white and use a white actor to portray the role. This is not to be confused with blackface, which is when a person who is not Black attempts to portray a darker skin tone with makeup or digital editing.

Popular examples
Recently, Rupert Sanders’ Hollywood rendition of the 1995 Japanese manga film Ghost In the Shell came under scrutiny for casting a white actress (Scarlett Johansson,) to play the Japanese protagonist. Though this wasn't physical whitewashing through skin whitening or hair relaxant, it is still considered whitewashing since a white actress was used instead of a Japanese one and the role was rewritten for a white actress.

In the 2014 film Aloha, directed by Cameron Crowe, Emma Stone (a white actress) was cast for the role of Captain Allison Ng, a woman who was partially Hawaiian. Similar to Ghost In the Shell, a white actress was used in place of a person of color, effectively whitewashing the role and the film itself.

Peer Review of Draft
In the background of your article, perhaps include a definition of the "whitewashing" is there isn't already one in the existing article. I would change "Whitewashing has been seen for centuries in the media, through film, photography, advertising, etc." to "Whitewashing has been prevalent in the media through film, photography, and advertising." Maybe include some a fact on the lack of racial diversity in Hollywood like you did with the example of airbrushing advertisements.

Good job distinguishing between whitewashing and blackface.

Perhaps include more examples under popular example headline. For the Ghost In the Shell movie, when was it made? What kind of criticism was given? Would you want to expand upon the effects that the whitewashing created- in Japan or the U.S.?

Great job with citations!~ Erpost1 (talk) 17:59, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Response to Peer Edits
I really appreciate the suggested edits from my classmate. I'm going to make it clearly stated what whitewashing is and put that right at the beginning of the article because that is absolutely crucial to it. I'm also going to go more in depth about Ghost in the Shell and what it has to do with whitewashing. I am a little nervous abotu that part though, cause I can see my commentary getting criticised for not belonging on the whitewashing in media page.

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