{"id":36117,"date":"2014-03-26T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=36117"},"modified":"2017-01-08T00:22:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T00:22:58","slug":"the-deeper-structural-problem-with-mainstream-media-stories-on-the-alleged-postracial-power-of-mixed-race-identity-or-the-supposed-significance-of-changing-racial-demographics-is-that-the-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=36117","title":{"rendered":"the deeper structural problem with mainstream media stories on the alleged postracial power of mixed-race identity or the supposed significance of changing racial demographics is that the information presented is often one-sided, simplistic, geared to a tabloid sensibility&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The specific details being reported aside, the deeper structural problem with mainstream media stories on the alleged postracial power of mixed-race identity or the supposed significance of changing racial demographics is that the information presented is often one-sided, simplistic, geared to a tabloid sensibility, and does not reflect the multiform ways that edifices of power have race embedded within them, whether visible or not. It is a matter of sensationalism taking precedence over serious analysis. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidroediger.org\/ \" target=\"_blank\">David Roediger<\/a> identifies this tendency of providing sensationalism without substance, noting that \u201coften multiracial identities and immigration take center stage as examples of factors making race obsolete\u201d and that \u201cwe are often told popularly that race and racism are on predictable tracks to extinction. But we are seldom told clear or consistent stories about why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=23070\" target=\"_blank\">white supremacy<\/a> will give way and how race will become a \u2018social virus\u2019 of the past.\u201d Roediger\u2019s words highlight the importance of unmasking this postracial aspiration for what it is: an effort to provide comfort to a nation that is unwilling to do the hard work required to deal effectively with centuries of entrenched racism and the resultant consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Spencer, Rainier, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=36097\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Only the News They Want to Print\u2019: Mainstream Media and Critical Mixed-Race Studies<\/a>,\u201d <em>Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies<\/em>, Volume 1, Number 1, (January 30, 2014). <a href=\"http:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/3b34q0rf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/3b34q0rf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The specific details being reported aside, the deeper structural problem with mainstream media stories on the alleged postracial power of mixed-race identity or the supposed significance of changing racial demographics is that the information presented is often one-sided, simplistic, geared to a tabloid sensibility, and does not reflect the multiform ways that edifices of power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10372,45],"class_list":["post-36117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts","tag-journal-of-critical-mixed-race-studies","tag-rainier-spencer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51065,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36117\/revisions\/51065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}