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The limits of representation activism: analyzing Black celebrity politics in LeBron James’ The Shop
Media, Culture & Society ( IF 3.248 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-16 , DOI: 10.1177/0163443721999952
Brandon Wallace 1 , David L Andrews 1
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This discussion centers on a critical textual analysis of 10 episodes of The Shop: Uninterrupted, an HBO television series produced by and starring iconic Black American basketball player LeBron James. The aim is to provide a considered explication of representation activism: the anti-racist strategy keying on collapsing racial hierarchies through accenting positive Black representation, and so advancing greater Black inclusion, within mainstream media (Andrews, 2018; Gilroy, 2000; Godsil and Goodale, 2013). The politics and constructions of Blackness within The Shop exemplify the logical flaws, superficiality, and insipid practical outcomes of representation activism. Though The Shop proclaims to demonstrate Black liberatory representation, this analysis elucidates how The Shop’s centering of the Black celebrity elite as the agents of change falsely universalizes the experiences of everyday Black people; its pursuit of a mythological Black authenticity essentializes and romanticizes Black vernacular and identities; and its mediation through the White racial frame prohibits the articulation of an effective liberatory politics. The discussion concludes by challenging the possibilities of “positive” representation in capitalist media as a credible and sincere tactic of collective Black liberation (Hooks, 1992; Marable, 2015; Spence, 2015; West, 1994); instead, suggesting a grassroots-oriented approach prefigured on targeting the structural roots of racism.



中文翻译:

代表性行动主义的局限性:在勒布朗·詹姆斯的《商店》中分析黑人名人政治

这次讨论的重点是对《黑人小店》(The Shop:Uninterrupted)的10集进行批判性文本分析,这是一部由黑人黑人篮球运动员勒布朗·詹姆斯(LeBron James)制作并主演的HBO电视连续剧。目的是提供一种代表性的代表性行动主义:反种族主义战略通过强调积极的黑人代表性来遏制种族等级制度,从而在主流媒体中推动更大的黑人包容性(Andrews,2018; Gilroy,2000; Godsil and Goodale ,2013)。“商店”中“黑度”的政治和构造体现了代表权行动的逻辑缺陷,肤浅和平淡的实际结果。尽管商店宣称要表现出黑人解放的代表性,该分析阐明了商店作为变革推动者以黑人名人精英为中心的做法是如何错误地普遍化了日常黑人的体验;它追求神话般的黑人真实性,使黑人乡土和身份本质化并浪漫化;并且通过白人种族框架进行的调停禁止有效的解放政治的表述。讨论结束时挑战了资本主义媒体中“积极”代表作为集体黑人解放的可信和真诚策略的可能性(Hooks,1992; Marable,2015; Spence,2015; West,1994)。取而代之的是,建议以草根为导向的方法针对种族主义的结构根源。它追求神话般的黑人真实性,使黑人白话和身份本质化并浪漫化;并且通过白人种族框架进行的调停禁止有效的解放政治的表述。讨论结束时挑战了资本主义媒体中“积极”代表作为集体黑人解放的可信和真诚策略的可能性(Hooks,1992; Marable,2015; Spence,2015; West,1994)。取而代之的是,建议以草根为导向的方法针对种族主义的结构根源。它追求神话般的黑人真实性,使黑人乡土和身份本质化并浪漫化;并且通过白人种族框架进行的调停禁止有效的解放政治的表述。讨论结束时挑战了资本主义媒体中“积极”代表作为集体黑人解放的可信和真诚策略的可能性(Hooks,1992; Marable,2015; Spence,2015; West,1994)。取而代之的是,建议以草根为导向的方法针对种族主义的结构根源。讨论结束时挑战了资本主义媒体中“积极”代表作为集体黑人解放的可信和真诚策略的可能性(Hooks,1992; Marable,2015; Spence,2015; West,1994)。取而代之的是,建议以草根为导向的方法针对种族主义的结构根源。讨论结束时挑战了资本主义媒体中“积极”代表作为集体黑人解放的可信和真诚策略的可能性(Hooks,1992; Marable,2015; Spence,2015; West,1994)。取而代之的是,建议以草根为导向的方法针对种族主义的结构根源。

更新日期:2021-03-16
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