
The Colorblind Screen
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realization of a post-racial America, a nation in which racism was no longer a
defining social, cultural, and political issue. While many Americans espouse a
"colorblind" racial ideology and publicly endorse the broad goals of
integration and equal treatment without regard to race, in actuality this
attitude serves to reify and legitimize racism and protects racial privileges
by denying and minimizing the effects of systematic and institutionalized
racism.
In The Colorblind Screen, the contributors examine
television's role as the major discursive medium in the articulation and
contestation of racialized identities in the United States. While the dominant
mode of televisual racialization has shifted to a "colorblind" ideology that
foregrounds racial differences in order to celebrate multicultural
assimilation, the volume investigates how this practice denies the significant
social, economic, and political realities and inequalities that continue to
define race relations today. Focusing on such iconic figures as President
Obama, LeBron James, and Oprah Winfrey, many chapters examine the ways in which
race is read by television audiences and fans. Other essays focus on how visual
constructions of race in dramas like 24, Sleeper Cell, and The Wanted
continue to conflate Arab and Muslim identities in post-9/11 television. The
volume offers an important intervention in the study of the televisual
representation of race, engaging with multiple aspects of the mythologies
developing around notions of a "post-racial" America and the duplicitous
discursive rationale offered by the ideology of colorblindness.
Reviews / Votes
"Collectively the essays document the dominance of colorblind ideology, which, the volume argues, has been enabling the continuation of 'racial apathy.' This volume contributes to postracial discourse and is also a valuable resource for those interested in media criticism." (Choice) "Overall, The Colorblind Screen is a timely anthology that joins a smallbut, I hope, growingnumber of works that address colorblind and post-race discourses in media. This collection demonstrates the continued need to consider the central role television plays in the articulation, construction, and contestation of contemporary racial politics . . . . This collection is essential for anyone interested in exploring current racial politics and representations of racial difference in media." (International Journal of Communication)More details
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Sarah Nilsen is Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Vermont. She is the author of Projecting America: Film and Cultural Diplomacy at the Brussels World's Fair of 1958.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I: THEORIES OF COLORBLINDNESS
- 1. Shades of Colorblindness: Rethinking Racial Ideology in the United States
- 2. Rhyme and Reason: "Post-Race" and the Politics of Colorblind Racism
- 3. The End of Racism? Colorblind Racism and Popular Media
- PART II: ICONS OF POST-RACIAL AMERICA
- 4. Oprah Winfrey: Cultural Icon of Mainstream (White) America
- 5. The Race Denial Card: The NBA Lockout, LeBron James, and the Politics of New Racism
- 6. Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 Television Dramas
- 7. Maybe Brown People Aren't So Scary If They're Funny: Audience Readings of Arabs and Muslims on Cable Television Comedies
- PART III: REINSCRIBING WHITENESS
- 8. "Some People Just Hide in Plain Sight": Historicizing Racism in Mad Men
- 9. Watching TV with White Supremacists: A More Complex View of the Colorblind Screen
- 10. BBFFs: Interracial Friendships in a Post-Racial World
- PART IV: POST-RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS
- 11. Matchmakers and Cultural Compatibility: Arranged Marriage, South Asians, and Racial Narratives on American Television
- 12. Mainstreaming Latina Identity: Culture-Blind and Colorblind Themes in Viewer Interpretations of Ugly Betty
- 13. Race in Progress, No Passing Zone: Battlestar Galactica, Colorblindness, and the Maintenance of Racial Order
- About the Contributors
- Index
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