User:Kirstenb2/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Hattie McDaniel


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is considered B-class (moderately developed). It would be pretty difficult to find something to add. UPDATE!! I will add to the "1940 Academy Awards" section. Luckily for me they left out the entire part where she was not allowed to sit with her white costars. SO that's what I will add. UPDATE!! It actually does mention it but I can go into more detail.


 * Sources
 * https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oscars-first-black-winner-accepted-774335
 * https://www.blackhistory.com/2019/07/hattie-mcdaniel-first-black-actress-win-oscar-sit-back-room-during-ceremony.html
 * https://www.aol.com/article/2016/02/25/the-oscar-awards-first-black-winner-hattie-mcdaniel-wasnt-al/21318847/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Mammy archetype in the United States


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is considered "start-class" (has plenty of room for improvement). I feel this would be the best article to choose because Hattie McDaniel was infamous for choosing to take "mammy" roles despite the backlash from the black community.


 * Sources
 * https://sites.psu.edu/slthompson/2015/10/18/the-thorny-problem-of-mammy/
 * https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-hattie-mcdaniel-said-about-her-oscar-winning-career-playing-racial-stereotypes-180963575/

Option 3

 * Article title
 * African-American representation in Hollywood


 * Article Evaluation
 * Unrated article. Would be 50/50 for a good choice because it does mention Hattie McDaniel and Hollywood's racism, but would it be smart to think I could include an entire section just about Hattie McDaniel when that isn't the article's focus.


 * Sources
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/movies/hollywood-separate-and-unequal.html
 * https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jul/31/hollywood-diversity-report-usc-no-progress-2017
 * https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/what-the-hollywood-jim-crow-looks-like-today-oscars-2019-maryann-erigha/583453/