Tag: FlowTV

  • Post Racialism, Romance, and The Real World D.C. FlowTV Volume 11, Issue 13 (2010-05-07) Jon Kraszewski, Assistant Professor of Communication Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersery MTV recently finished airing The Real World, DC, the twenty-third season of this long-running reality series. This past season, Ty, an African American from Baltimore, and Emily, a white…

  • Shades Of Grey: Interracial Couples On TV FlowTV Volume 15, Issue 4 (2011-12-05) Erica Chito-Childs, Associate Professor of Sociology Hunter College, City University of New York Showing interracial couples on television is not necessarily something new. In 1968, Star Trek aired what is widely regarded as the first black-white interracial kiss on television between William Shatner’s…

  • What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media? FlowTV Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin 2010-06-03 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin Tracy Morgan, comedic actor best known for his role as comedic performer Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock…