A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Diane Flores Ruiz explores the ways in which the modern visual culture of anti-Blackness reinforces state power.
Read moreA reflection on where surveillance and spectacle intersect with blackness in Jordan Peele’s Nope.
Read moreDr. Michele White examines the metaphors and iconography of hands on digital devices along the axes of race, gender and accessibility.
Read moreRavynn K. Stringfield discusses the implications of racebending in superhero narratives, especially in relation to Black women and misogynoir.
Read moreVincent L. Stephens discusses the timely reboot of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman in relation to the recent resurgence of white supremacist organizing in the United States symbolized by the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Read moreCrystal Camargo grapples with how the cultural specificity of Mindy Kaling’s Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever is diluted by the sonic whiteness of the show’s narrator, John McEnroe.
Read moreLily Kunda examines the recent trend of public statements denouncing racism. She questions what role corporations have in dismantling white supremacy.
Read moreIn this article, Caetlin Benson-Allott focuses on the racist backlash to incidents of violence surrounding the release of Boyz N the Hood and other films such as New Jack City and Do The Right Thing
Read moreIn this column, Caetlin Benson-Allott argues that the moral panic following the 1979 release of The Warriors was the result of latent, coded racism on the part of both the media and the public.
Read moreSusan Courtney reflects on teaching race and media studies to undergraduates, inspired in part by her fall 2015 course, “Mediating Ferguson, USA: 1915-2015.”
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