“We cool?”: Satirizing Whiteness in Obama-Era Black Satire

IF 0.9 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Studies in American Humor Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.5325/studamerhumor.8.2.0275

Grace Heneks

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:This article explores Obama-era whiteness by examining two television shows of the period: Comedy Central’s Key & Peele (2012–15) and ABC’s Black-ish (2014–22). Focusing my analysis on the sketch “Apologies” from Key & Peele and select scenes from two Black-ish episodes, I analyze the relationship between whiteness and postraciality as well as the consequences this relationship has on Black subjectivity today. I argue that in the postracial era, liberal white people have remained complicit in white supremacy through a fear of being labeled racist. Both shows suggest that overt racists and liberal whites alike partake in white supremacy, making it crucial to talk about how whiteness functions. By fostering conversations about race, both shows work against the US’s entwinement with white supremacy.

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“我们很酷?:奥巴马时代黑人讽刺作品中的讽刺白人

摘要:本文通过喜剧中心频道的《Key & Peele》(2012-15)和ABC电视台的《Black-ish》(2014-22)两部美剧来探讨奥巴马时代的白人现象。本文以Key & Peele的小品《道歉》为分析对象，选取两集带有黑人色彩的片段，分析白人与后种族的关系，以及这种关系对今天黑人主体性的影响。我认为，在后种族时代，由于害怕被贴上种族主义者的标签，自由派白人仍然是白人至上主义的同谋。这两个节目都表明，公开的种族主义者和自由派白人都参与了白人至上主义，这使得讨论白人如何发挥作用变得至关重要。通过促进关于种族的对话，这两部剧都反对美国与白人至上主义的纠缠。

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Studies in American Humor HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.40

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90.00%

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期刊介绍： Welcome to the home of Studies in American Humor, the journal of the American Humor Studies Association. Founded by the American Humor Studies Association in 1974 and published continuously since 1982, StAH specializes in humanistic research on humor in America (loosely defined) because the universal human capacity for humor is always expressed within the specific contexts of time, place, and audience that research methods in the humanities strive to address. Such methods now extend well beyond the literary and film analyses that once formed the core of American humor scholarship to a wide range of critical, biographical, historical, theoretical, archival, ethnographic, and digital studies of humor in performance and public life as well as in print and other media. StAH’s expanded editorial board of specialists marks that growth. On behalf of the editorial board, I invite scholars across the humanities to submit their best work on topics in American humor and join us in advancing knowledge in the field.