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“Well, I’Ve Whispered ‘Racism’ In A Post-Racial World”: Satire And The Absurdity Of “Post-Racial” America, Joseph Gorman May 2020

“Well, I’Ve Whispered ‘Racism’ In A Post-Racial World”: Satire And The Absurdity Of “Post-Racial” America, Joseph Gorman

Master’s Theses and Projects

The purpose of this thesis project is to look at the works of contemporary African American satirists as they confront post-racial ideology. In looking at the works of Jordan Peele, Paul Beatty, Mat Johnson, and Boots Riley, thematic threads emerge to form a portrait of dire unrest amongst those non-white identities living in an allegedly post-racial world. Before analyzing the works, I first contextualize the thesis with a brief discussion of satire as a literary genre and African American satire as a literary subgenre, as well as address the emergence of post-racial ideology during the tenure of Barack Obama as …


No Country For Moral Men, William J. Devlin Dec 2010

No Country For Moral Men, William J. Devlin

Bridgewater Review

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Cultural Commentary: Affectional Preference On Film: Giggle And Lib, Joseph J. Liggera Dec 1982

Cultural Commentary: Affectional Preference On Film: Giggle And Lib, Joseph J. Liggera

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.