Description
Book SynopsisRacialism and Media: Black Jesus, Black Twitter and the First Black American President is an exploration of how the nature of racial ideology has changed in our society. Yes, there are still ugly racists who push uglier racism, but there are also popular constructions of race routinely woven into mediated images and messages. This book examines selected exemplars of racialism moving beyond traditional racism. In the twenty-first century, we need a more nuanced understanding of racial constructions. Denouncing anything and everything problematic as racist or racism simply does not work, especially if we want to move toward a real solution to America's race problems. Racialism involves images and messages that are produced, distributed, and consumed repetitively and intertextually based on stereotypes, biased framing, and historical myths about African American culture. These images and messages are eventually normalized through the media, ultimately shaping and influencing s
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – Introduction: Racialism and the Media – Contemporary Zip Coons: The Problem with Funny – Ghettofabulous: How Low Can You Go? – Advertising and Black Folks: Whassup? – Black-ish and the Changing Nature of Black Identity – Balancing Stereotypes: Black Male and Female Roles on Prime-Time Television – A Satirical Parody: Black Jesus in the Hood–Deconstructing Intersectionality in Crash – Black Twitter, Interpretive Communities, and Cultural Capital – President Barack Obama: Biased Frames and Microaggressions – Science Fiction and Fantasy: Going Where Few Blacks Have Gone Before – About the Author – Index.
