A Black Cast Doesn’t Make a Black Show: City of Angels and the Plausible Deniability of Color-Blindness

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A Black Cast Doesn’t Make a Black Show: City of Angels and the Plausible Deniability of Color-Blindness
Résumé
In a recent debate over the problematic characterization of Bonnie Bennett, the only Black female recurring character on the CW network series The Vampire Diaries (CW 2009), my challenger insisted that with all of the qualifiers I insisted she have, “maybe this is another hidden reason there are no minorities on television: everything becomes an issue and you just can’t win.” Indeed, the main qualifier I suggested that the series allow the character to possess—an innate sense of cultural difference—is difficult to grasp and maintain. However, I do not accept that just because race is difficult, it is
Titre du livre
Watching While Black
Collection
Centering the Television of Black Audiences
Lieu
New Brunswick, États-Unis
Maison d’édition
Rutgers University Press
Date
2012
Pages
49-62
Langue
Anglais
ISBN
978-0-8135-5386-3
Titre abrégé
A Black Cast Doesn’t Make a Black Show
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Référence
Warner, K. J. (2012). A Black Cast Doesn’t Make a Black Show: City of Angels and the Plausible Deniability of Color-Blindness. Dans Watching While Black (p. 49‑62). Rutgers University Press. https://worldcat.org/en/title/1163878601
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