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Cashmore, Ellis. "Index." Beyond Black: Celebrity and Race in Obama’s . London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012. 159–169. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 24 Sep. 2021. <>.

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8 Mile (fi lm) 109 Andrews, David L. 112, 113, 115, 9/11: effect on 29 118, 123 50 Cent 109, 135 anti- movement 138 Armstrong, Louis 102–3 Abt, Vicki 40–1 Arogundade, Ben 136 Adams, Guy 109 Atlantic/Stax 106 Adamson, Allen 65 Aubry, Timothy 43 advertising Audacity of Hope, The (Obama) 33 and African Americans 60, 92 ‘authentic’ black culture 132 on MTV 61, 62, 64–5 authenticity 135 Nike 112, 113 Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, PepsiCo 116 The (Gainer) 36 and sports 113 Advertising and Popular Culture Baaith, Rasheed Z. 114 (Fowles) 37 Baartman, Saartjie 73 affi rmative action 33 Bad (Jackson) 64, 126 African Americans Badham, John 61 and advertising 60, 92 Bail, Matt 33 celebrities 1–2 Baker, Josephine 81, 136 as consumers 6–7 Baldwin, James 110, 138, 146 education 48–9, 140 Banks, Tyra 7, 85–96 employment 141–2 America’s Next Top Model as entertainers 6 (ANTM) 88 generational differences 33–4 appeal of 93–4 health 142 business enterprises 88, 89 housing 141 career 87–8 inequalities 140–2, 145–6 colorblind society 96 in jobless ghettos 141 as consumer 91–2 and Katrina 23–4 early life 86 Obama, Barack 133 individualism 95 poverty 141 and Oprah 88, 89–90 prisoners 140–1 television 88–91 spatial segregation 141 transformations 89, 90–1, 94–5 sport 8–9 Tyra 88 successful 3 and Washington, Jewel Ciera 85 term as label 89, 131 Barnum, Phineas Taylor 72–3 women 135 Barrow, Jamal ‘Shyne’ 97 see also blacks Basil, Michael 36 Alexander, Michelle 140–1 Bauman, Zygmunt 146 Allen, Theodore 138 Bean, Frank D. 18 American dream 50 Beeching, Barbara J. 78–9 America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) Bell, Christopher E. 18 (tv show) 88 Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein and AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted () 108 Murray) 52 Amos ‘n’ Andy Show, The 56 Bell, Patricia A. 46

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Bennett, Lerone 138 ‘Black Patti’ (Matilda Sissieretta Jones) Bennett, William J. 107 77–8 Berry, Halle 125 black performers 5–7, 72–84 cultural authority 134 diffi culties for 80–2 ethnicity 133 dilemma of 82–4 ‘one-drop rule’ 132, 133 history in America 72–84 Beulah 56, 81, 82–3, 137 and identity 76 Beyoncé 19, 136–7 skin lightening 136 Bielitz, Sara 137 ‘Black Snake Moan’ (Jefferson) 102 Big Doll House (fi lm) 125 black sportsmen see sport Show, The 13–14 Black Swan Phonograph Company 102 ‘Billie Jean’ (Jackson): on MTV 58, 63 blackness ‘birthers’ 22 concept of 139 ‘black’ death of 136–46 Dickerson defi nition 14 blacks Obama, Barack 27 and consumerism 92, 94 black demeanor 73, 74 as a commodity 128–9 middle class 59–60 as a label 133–4 and white guilt 26 black actors see black performers; fi lm whites’ fascination with 72–3, 74, 75, industry 76, 77 black artists whites’ perception of 144 on MTV 58, 60, 62, 63 see also African Americans whites covering 103–4 Blade (fi lm) 126 black athletes see sport Blakeley, Kiri 88 Black Bourgeoisie (Franklin) 18 ‘Blame the Poor’ tour (Bill Cosby) 53 Black, Brown and Beige (Ellington) 80 cinema 127, 128–9 black celebrities 140, 144–5 blues impact of 145 expropriation by whites 103–4 Nike and 112 music 101–2 as political fi gures 1–2, 9 and record industry 102 and racial issues 137–8 white musicians 103 skin color 136–7 Body and Soul (fi lm) 78 see also celebrity Bodyguard, The (fi lm) 130 black congeniality 135 Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo 25 black consumers 6–7, 18–19, 21 Boskin, Joseph 74 Black Culture and Black Consciousness Bourgeoisie Noire (Franklin Frazier) 18 (Levine) 101 Bowdre, Karen 135 black culture, commodifi cation of 115, Boyz N the Hood (fi lm) 129, 135 120, 128–9 Bradley, David 32 black education 48–9, 140 Branchik, Blaine J. 92 black identity and rap 98 Brentson, Jackie 104 Black Image in the White Mind, The Brindle, Buzz 62, 63 (Frederickson) 75 Bringing Down the House (tv show) 109 black men, media representation of 114 Bristor, Julia M. 136–7 black models 86 Broadus, Calvin () 1, 98, ‘black music’ 1, 7–8 108, 109–10 Black or White (Jackson) 88 Brooklyn’s Finest (fi lm) 126 Black Panthers 27–8 Brown, Anthony L. 13 black parents: responsibility 53 Brown, James 107

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Brown, Keffrelyn D. 13 ‘commodifi cation of difference’ 128–9 Browner White, Pamela 46 commodities Bruce, Toni 139, 146 self-actualization through 44–5 Bryant, Kobe 118–20, 122–3 as status symbols 92, 93 Bubbling Over (fi lm) 83 ‘compensatory consumption’ 93 buffoonery and song 83 confrontation and rap 98 see also black performers consumer culture 6–7 Burnham, Linda 141 black consumers 7, 18–19 Bush, Alan J, 60, 92 and celebrity 19–21 Bush, George W. 23 hip-hop 109 Bynoe, Yvonne 26–7 consumerism Banks, Tyra 91–2 Cabin in the Sky (fi lm) 82, 102 and blacks 92, 93, 94 Cagney & Lacey (tv show) 48 and racism 92, 94 Campbell, Naomi 7, 86–7 Winfrey, Oprah 44–5 Cannibal Culture (Root) 128 ‘Conversations with Cosby’ 53 Caplovitz, David 21, 93 cool: music 103 carnival barkers 11 Cosby, Bill 4–5, 13–14, 46–57 Catch-22 (Heller) 142 black education 48–9 celebrity early life 47 and consumer culture 19–21 The Emperor’s New Clothes 54 lifestyle 18–19 individualism 54 and race 136–46 and Obama’s election 47, 49 see also black celebrities personal responsibility 49, 53 celebrity culture 18–19 Cosby Show, The 47–8, 49, 54–5 Chandler, Jordy and 67 importance of 51 Charles, Ray 105–6 and racial issues 50–1 Chavez, Linda 26 credibility, political 36–7 Chawla, Sushi 36–7 Cross, Theodore 29–30 Chic 2, 59, 107 crossover music: Motown 105 27–8 Crosstown Traffi c (Murray, Charles Ciroc 109 Shaar) 105 Civil Rights Act (1964) 25, 104 Crudup, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ 103 civil unrest 55 Cry Freedom (fi lm) 14 Clark, Kenneth Bancroft 136 cultural authority 131, 134 Clark, Mamie Phipps 136 Cuvier, Georges 73 Classic Ellington (Rattle) 82 Clinton, Bill 30 Dagbovie, Pero Gaglo 100, 101, 123 Clinton, Hillary Rodham 30, 36–7 Dagbovie, Sika Alaine 137 Clique, The (fi lm) 88 ‘Dancing in the street’ 104 Cohen, Harvey G. 80 Dandridge, Dorothy 82 Cole, Nat King 105 Davis, James Earl 48 Color Purple, The (fi lm) 130 Davis, Miles 102 colorblind society 15–16, 85–6, 96 Davis, Vincent 103 Combs, Sean (Diddy, P.) 97, 109, 110, death of blackness 136–46 144 Delta Kings 104 Come On, People (Cosby and Poussaint) Denton, Nancy 141 54 DeParle, Jason 23, 29 commodifi cation of black culture 115, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 120, 128–9 (Jackson 5) 58

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Dickerson, Debra J. 27 Smith, Will 9, 125, 127, 134 Diddy, P. (Puffy, Sean Combs, Sean John, Snipes, Wesley 9, 125–6, 126, Swag) 97, 109, 110, 144 129, 134 Dietrich, David 25 superheroes 125–6 Dilemma of the Negro Actor, The see also black performers (Muse) 83 Fiore, Douglas J. 12–13 Dire Straits 65 Fiske, John 46 music 107 Fletcher, Bill 141 Do the Right Thing (fi lm) 40, 129 folk music 101–2 dogfi ghting 111 Forsyte County, , Oprah in 39 Doggumentary (Snoop Dogg) 1 Foster Davis, Judy 92 Doggystyle (Snoop Dogg) 1 Fowles, Jib 37 doll experiment 136 Foy, Joelyn Katherine 140 ‘Don’t stop ’til you get enough’ Franklin Frazier, E. 18 (Jackson), 107 Frederickson, George M. 75 Driving Miss Daisy (fi lm) 40 Freed, Alan 103 Du Bois, W. E. B. 79, 102 Freeman, Edward Augustus 138 79–80 Freeman, Hadley 39 Duke, Lynne 26 Freeman, Morgan 40 Dyson, Michael Eric 53, 54, 57 Fresh of Bel-Air, The (tv show) 125 Edelstein, Eric 28 Frisby, Cynthia M. 142 education: African Americans 140 ‘Fuck tha Police’ (NWA) 98, 135 and Cosby, Bill 48–9 Fuller, Jennifer 47, 62 election, racial issues during 23 Fuller, Linda K. 54–5 (Marshall Mathers) 108, 109 funk music 60 employment: African Americans 141–2 Fuqua, Antoine 126 ‘enlightened racism’ 49–50 entertainment 1–7 Gainer, Ernest J. 36 and politics 11–12 Gamble, Kenny 107 see also black actors; black gangstas 97–8, 117–18 performers; television ghettocentric logic 110, 115, 118, Epic label 59 120, 122–3 Esposito, Jennifer 139, 145 hip-hop 8, 14, 20–1, 99–100, exploitation: talkshows 41 107–10, 135 exploiting difference 137 rap 1, 7–8, 97–8, 107–9, 115, 117–18 Eyes on the Prize (tv documentary) 17 Garland, Les 61, 63 Garvey, Marcus 102 Fast, Susan 68–9 Gaye, Marvin 106 Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids George, Nelson 103 (Cosby) 47 ghettocentric logic 110, 115, 118, 120, Feagin, Joe R. 50 122–3 Ferber, Edna 78 ghettos 111–24 ‘Fight the Power’ (Public Enemy) 98 ghetto life 97–8, 99 fi lm industry 125–35, jobless 141 Berry, Halle 125, 132, 133, 134 Gifford, Farah D. 24 blaxploitation cinema 127, 128–9 A Girl Like Me (fi lm) 135 Goldberg, Whoopi 89, 130–1 Gleiberman, Owen 108 Gordy, Berry 128–9 Glenn, Evelyn Nakano 137, 138 Poitier, Sydney 104, 127–8, 135 Glory (fi lm) 40

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Goldberg, Whoopi 89, 130–1 Holiday, Billie 80–1 Gone with the Wind (fi lm) 83 Holmlund, Chris 130 ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly’ (Little Homesteader, The (fi lm) 78 Richard) 103 Hooker, John Lee 104 ‘Good Times’ (Chic) 2, 107 Horne, Lena 81–2, 102 Good Times (tv show) 55 Hoskyns, Barney 59 Gordy, Berry 58–9, 69, 105, 106 housing: African Americans 141 gossip media 11–12 Houston, Whitney 130 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Howard, Ron 57 99–100, 108 Howard, Terrence 26–7 Gray, Herman 46 Howling Wolf 104 Graziano, John 77, 78 Hoyt, Eric 126 Grier, Pam 130 Huff, Leon 107 Griffi n, Farah Jasmine 21 Hughes, Richard L. 75 Griffi n, Paul R. 54 Hughey, Matthew W. 146 Grizzuti Harrison, Barbara 39, 40 Hunt, Darrell M. 55, 56 Guerrero, Ed 114, 119 Hurwitz, Jon 141, 144 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (fi lm) Hutchinson, Earl Ofari 3, 16, 132, 127 133, 141 guilt, white see white guilt Huxtable family 4, 47–8, 51 guiltsploitation 117–18 see also Cosby, Bill Gutiérrez, Félix 18, 19–20, 60 I want you back (Jackson 5) 58 Haley, A. 48 Ice Cube 108 Haley, Bill 103–4 identifi cation Handy, W.C. 102 with another person 36 Hangover, The (fi lm) 110 Winfrey, Oprah 37 Harkness, Geoff 129 identity, black performers and 76 Harlem Renaissance 78, 80 I’ll Be Missing You (Puff Daddy) 109 Harris, Ellen T. 70 I’m a Hustler (50 Cent) 109 Harris, Jennifer 44 Iman 86 Harris-Lacewell, Melissa 28 Incredibles, The (fi lm) 125 Harrow, Susan 35 Independence Day (fi lm) 125 Hartigan, John 15, 143 individualism 4 Havens, Timothy 49, 50 Banks, Tyra 95 Haverly, J. H. 75–6 Cosby, Bill 54 health: African Americans 142 and racial issues 41, 42, 43–4 In the Heat of the Night (fi lm) 128 Winfrey, Oprah 41, 42, 43–4 Hedges, Christopher 32–3 inequalities: African Americans 140–2, Here I Am (Warwick) 128 145–6 Herrnstein Richard J. 52 Inniss, Leslie B. 50 Heth, Joice 72–3 Invention of the White Race, The Higher Learning (fi lm) 88 (Theodore) 138 Hill, Lauryn 91–2 Invincible (Jackson) 68 hip-hop 8, 14, 20–1, 99–100, Is Bill Cosby Right? (Dyson) 53 107–10, 135 Island in the Sun (fi lm) 82 consumer culture 109 see also gangstas; rap Jackie Brown (fi lm) 125 HIV/Aids 30 Jackson 5 58–9, 69, 106 Hoberman, John 117 Jackson, Janet 40

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Jackson, Jesse 33, 93 racial issues 23–4, 27, 29 Jackson, Joe 58, 59 views about victims 26–7 Jackson, Mahalia 101 Kayli, Bob 106 Jackson, Michael 5, 58–71 Kenworthy, Tom 118 Bad 64, 126 Kerner Report (National Advisory and Chandler, Jordy 67 Commission on Civil Disorders, and children 67 1967) 55 death 66, 68 Kia car commercial 99 Invincible 68 Kiersh, Edward 112, 113 marriages 70 King, Desmond S. 142 on MTV 14 King, Don 64 music 5 King, Isis 91 Off the Wall 59, 69 King Jason 128 private life 67 King, Martin Luther 25, 27 solo career 59, 69–70 King, Rodney 29 Thriller 63–4 Kirp, David L. 52 trial 67–8 Kiss of Death (fi lm) 117–18 whiteness 64, 69 Klein, Naomi 113 Jackson, Samuel L. 126 Knight, Phil 123–4 Jacksons: An American Dream, see also Nike The (fi lm) 129 Kolchin, Peter 138 James, Rick 60 Kornblau, Amy I. 132–3 Jay-Z 93 Krasner, David 76 jazz 102–3 Ku Klux Klan 78, 104 Jefferson, Blind Lemon 102 Kurtz, Howard 24 Jeffersons, The 55 Jhally, Sut 46, 49–50 labels John, Sean (Diddy, P.) 97, 109, 110, 144 African Americans 89, 131 Johnson, Glenn S. 142 Berry, Halle 133 Johnson, Robert L. 16 black 133–4 Johnson, Roy 113 Lack, John 61 Jones, Grace 86 Lamont, Michèle 7, 21, 94 Jones, Jacqueline 2 Landis, John 63 Jones, James M. 140 Le Freak (Chic) 59 Jones, Leroi 103 Lee, Jennifer 18 Jones, Matilda Sissieretta (Black Patti) Lee, Spike 40, 126–7 77–8 Lembeck, Michael 88 Jones, Wayne A. 12–13 Leonard Conger, Donna 89 Jordan, Michael 8, 14, 112–15 Leonard, David J. 119, 120, 131 Julia (fi lm) 54–5 Levine, Lawrence 101–2 Jungle Fever (fi lm) 126 Lewis, Jerry Lee 103 ‘jungle music’ (rock ‘n’ roll) 103–4 Lewis, Justin 46, 49–50 ‘jungle sound’: Ellington 80 lifestyle: celebrity culture 18–19 In the Jungles (show) 78 Like a Prayer (Madonna) 40, 65 Junn, Jane 28 Lil’ Pimp (fi lm) 109 Justify my love (Madonna) 65 Lilies of the Field (fi lm) 134 Lipsitz, George 139, 145 Katrina (hurricane) 23 A Little Bit of Heaven (fi lm) 130 and African Americans 23–4 Lopez, Jennifer 97 and Obama, Barack 24 Lucky Sam from Alabam’ (show) 78

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Lyell, Charles 73 minstrels Lyne, William 127 shows 74–5 troupes 55–6 Mack, Kenneth W. 24 white fascination with blacks 75, 76 Madonna and whiteness 75 Like a Prayer 40 miscegenation 59 and MTV 65 (Jackson, Janet) 40 Mahon, Maureen 98 Mississippi Burning (fi lm) 104 MaIlwain, Charlton D. 29 Mo’ Better Blues (fi lm) 126 Malibu’s Most Wanted (tv show) 109 models, black 86 Malveaux, Julianne 3, 22, 24, 53, Molnár, Virág 7, 21, 94 142, 143 Monster’s Ball (fi lm) 132 Mamba’s Daughters (play) 81 Mood Indigo (Ellington) 79 Mansvelt, Juliana 134 Moore, Martha T. 35 Marcus, Greil 107 Morrison, Toni 30 ‘marketplace activism’ 92–3 Motown Markovitz, Jonathan 120 Berry Gordy 58–9, 106 Marshall Mathers LP, The (Eminem) crossover music 105 109 Jackson 5 58–9 Mastin, Teresa 51 music 104–6 Mathers, Marshall (Eminem) 108, 109 style 106 McAuley, Jordon 35 Moynihan, Michael C. 30 McCain, John 58–9 MTV 60–2 McCarthy, Joseph 78–9 advertising on 61, 62, 64–5 McDaniel, Hattie 83, 137 ‘Billie Jean’ 58, 63 McLeod, Ken 98 black artists on 58, 60, 62, 63 media 3–5 and Madonna 65 gossip 11–12 Thriller 58 news in America 62 Muddy Waters 104 Oprah 3–4 Murphy, Eddie 57 OWN: Network 39 Murray, Charles (Bell Curve) 52 reality TV, and politics 11–12 Murray, Charles Shaar (Crosstown and symbolic racism 144 Traffi c) 105 USA Today 62 Muse, Clarence Edouard 83–4 see also Banks, Tyra; MTV; television; music 5, 7–8, 14, 97–110 ; The Oprah blues 101–2 Winfrey Show disco 107 Melvin, Harold 107 folk 101–2 Men in Black (fi lm) 125 hip-hop 8, 99–100, 107–10, 135 ‘The message’ (Grandmaster Flash and jazz 102–3 the Furious Five) 99–100, 108 Motown 104–6 MGM 81, 82 race music 102–3 Miami Vice (tv show) 40 rap see rap Michael Jackson 58–71 rock ‘n’ roll 103–4 Micheaux, Oscar 78 soul 106, 107 middle class, black Americans 59–60 music industry 102, 136 Mills, C. Wright 34 see also Motown; MTV Minnelli, Vincent 82 music videos 60, 61 Minorities and Media (Wilson and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Gutiérrez) 60 (West) 110

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Nataraajan, Rajan 36 Simpson, O.J. 119 NBA 112, 118 Tyson, Mike 116, 120 Neary, Timothy 18 Oprah see The Oprah Winfrey Show; ‘Negro identity’ 76–7 Winfrey, Oprah Nelson, Jack L. 141 Oprah Phenomenon, The (Harris and Neville, Helen A. 17 Watson) 44 New Jack City (fi lm) 126, 129 Oprah Winfrey Show, The 11, 12, 13, ‘New Negro’ 78 38–9 New Orleans 23, 103 Forsyte County, Georgia 39 see also Katrina racial issues 41–2 NFL 111 Organization, The (fi lm) 128 Ngwainmbi, Emmanuel K. 141–2 Othello (Shakespeare) 78, 131 Nielson, Erik 98 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network 39 Niggaz4Life (NWA) 108, 129 Night Shift (fi lm) 57 Pace, Harry H. 102 Nike 112 Page, Helán E. 55, 114 boycott of 93 Palmer-Mehta, Valerie 42 Bryant, Kobe 122–3 Palmerstown, U.S.A. (tv show) 47 Knight, Phil 123–4 Parameswaran, Radhika 27 Kobe, Bryant 122–3 Park, Rosa 25 Vick, Michael 8, 111–12 Peck, Janice 41 Woods, Tiger 122–4 Peffl ey, Mark 141, 144 Nittle, Nadra Kareen 63 Pereira, Malin 43–4 Novkov, Julie 146 Perkinson, Robert 140 NWA 98, 108 personal responsibility: Bill Cosby 49, 53 Oates, Thomas 114 see also individualism Obama, Barack 3, 22–34 International Records 107 African Americans 133 Philipsen, Dirk 145 as a ‘black’ 27 Pieterse, Jan Nederveen 70, 74, 101, 106 Brand Obama 32–3 Pinkett Smith, Jada 130 broad appeal 29–30 Pitcher, Ben 17, 138 ‘deracializing’ 28 Poitier, Sydney 104, 127–8, 135 election and Bill Cosby 47, 49 police election and post-racial society brutality 27–8 12–13, 17 and rap 98 and Katrina 24 political fi gures March 18 2008 speech 31–2 black celebrities as 1–2, 9 on Oprah 11–12 Poitier, Sydney 135 parents 22 see also Obama, Barack political history 24, 27–8 politics 3 questioning of origins 22 and entertainment 11–12 and slavery 31 Powell, Colin 14–15 Obama, Michelle 12 and reality TV 11–12 O’Driscoll, Patrick 118 see also Obama, Barack Off the Wall (Jackson) 59, 69, 107 Polk, Khary 89 ‘one-drop rule’ 9, 132 Polumbaum, Judy 114 One Night Stand (fi lm) 126 postracial society 2, 10, 12–13, 15–16, opinion polls 139, 145–6 Bryant, Kobe 118–19 Poussaint, Dr. Alvin F. 49, 54, 56 charges 118–19 poverty: African Americans 141

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Powell, Colin 14–15 Robinson, Jackie 136 Presley, Elvis 103 rock ‘n’ roll (‘jungle music’) 103–4 Press, Andrea L. 50–1, 57 ‘Rocket 88’ (Brentson) 104 prisoners: African Americans 140–1 Rolling Stones 104 ‘the prize’ 17, 20 Root, Deborah 128 Public Enemy 98 Roots: The Saga of an American Family Puff Daddy (Diddy, P., Puffy) 97, 109, (Haley) 48, 132 110, 144 Rose, Lacey 19 Pursuit of Happyness, The (fi lm) 125 Rossen, Robert 82 PUSH 33 Run-DMC 14, 109 Rush, Bobby L. 27–8 race 136–46 history in America 17–18 Sambo: The rise and demise of an invention of 139–40 American jester (Boskin) 74 Winfrey, Oprah 39–40 Samuels, Allison 110 ‘race card’ 131 Sanders, Meghan S. 143–4 race music 102–5, 127 Sanford and Sons (tv show) 55, 56 ‘race treason’ 100 Saturday Night Fever 61, 107 racial issues 143, 145–6 Schoenfi sh-Keita 142 and black celebrities 137–8 Scott, Jenny 28 and consumerism 92, 94 segregation, spatial: African Americans and The Cosby Show 50–1 141 during election 23 Segura, Gary M. 15 and individualism 41, 42, 43–4 self-actualization, through commodities and Katrina 23–4, 27, 29 44–5 Oprah 41–2 selling entertainment 1–10 white Americans 25 Set It Off (fi lm) 129 racial profi ling 141 Shaft (fi lm) 129 racial science 73 Shake rattle and roll (Stone) 103–4 racism 15, 143, 145–6 Shake, rattle and roll (Turner) 106 and consumerism 92, 94 Shake Ya Body (Banks) 88 Rainey, Ma 102 Shakur, Tupac 98, 117 Ralph, Michael 34 Sheesholtz, Mel 41 rap Sheridan, Earl 145–6 black identity and 98 Shipley, Jesse Weaver 98 and confrontation 98, 117–18 Show Boat (fi lm) 78 domestication of 115 ‘sideshows and carnival barkers’ music 1, 7–8, 97–8, 107–9 (Obama’s phrase) 11–21 and police 98 Silk, Michael L. 112, 113, 115, 118, see also gangstas 123 ‘Rapper’s delight’ (Sugar Hill Gang) Simpson, O.J. 119 107–8 Simpson, Tyrone R. 112 Reagan, Ronald 56 Singleton, John 88, 129 reality TV, and politics 11–12 To Sir, with Love (fi lm) 127 Redding, Otis 107 Sissieretta Jones, Matilda 77–8 Reiss, Benjamin 72–3 Sister Act (fi lm) 130 responsibility: black parents 53 skin color 136–7 ressentiment 144 skin lightening riots 104 Beyoncé 136–7 Ritz, David 106 black performers 136–7 Robeson, Paul 6, 78–9 Jackson, Michael 64, 69

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Sly and the Family Stone 107 Taraborrelli, J. Randy 64, 69 Smalls, Biggie 97–8, 117 Taylor, Kathryn L. 142 Smith, Christopher Holmes 45 television 3–7, 14, 40, 136 Smith, David Lionel 139 see also Banks, Tyra; MTV; Smith, Joan 67 The Cosby Show; The Oprah Smith, Rogers M. 142 Winfrey Show Smith-Shomade, Beretta E. 129–30 ‘That’s All Right’ (Crudup) 103 Smith, Trixie 102 They Call Me Mister Tibbs (fi lm) 128 Smith, Will 9, 125, 127, 134 As Thousands Cheer (Berlin) 81 Snipe, Tracey D. 140 Thriller (Jackson) 58, 63–4 Snipes, Wesley 9, 126, 129, 134 Thug Life, vol. 1 (Tupac) 117 Snoop Dogg 1, 98, 108, 109–10 Toll, Robert 75, 76 Sotiropoulos, Karen 76 Travolta, John 61 soul music 106, 107 A Trip to Africa (show) 78 Spickard, Paul 145 Troupe, Quincy 68 sport 8–9, 111–24 True Beauty (tv series) 88 Bryant, Kobe 118–20 Trump, Donald 22 Jordan, Michael 8, 14, 112–15 Tucker, C. Delores 107 Tyson, Mike 14, 115–17 Turner, Ike 104 Vick, Michael 8, 111–12, 114–15 Turner, Tina 130 Woods, Tiger 121–4 ‘Tutti Frutti’ () 103 Staging Race (Sotiropoulos) 76 Tyra (Banks) 88 Stanley, Tarshia L. 42 Tyson, Mike 14, 115–17, 120 status symbols, commodities as 92, 93 rape charges 116 Steele, Shelby 20, 40 White Guilt 25–6, 29, 34 ‘U can’t touch this’ (MC Hammer) 60 Stewart, Jacqueline 76 USA Today 62 Stewart, James B. 99 Stewart, Sylvester 107 Valenzuela, Ali A. 15 Stone, Andrew L. 81 Van Peebles, Mario 126 Stormy Weather (fi lm) 81 Van Peebles, Melvin 127 Stoute, Steve 109 Vènus Hottentotte 73 Stubbs, Jonathan K. 139 Vick, Michael 8, 111–12, 114–15 Stylista (tv show) 88 voyeurism: talkshows 41 Sugar Hill (fi lm) 129 Sugar Hill Gang 107–8 Wade, T. Joel 137 Sullivan James M. 143–4 Wagmiller, Robert L. 141 Superfl y (fi lm) 129 Warwick, Dionne 128 ‘Superfreak’ (James) 60 Washington, Denzel 2, 14, 40 superheroes 125 Washington, Jewel Ciera: Tyra Show 85 supermodels 86 Waters, Ethel 81, 82–3, 102 Swag (P. Diddy) 97, 109, 110, 144 Watson, Elwood 44 Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song Watson, Jamal Eric 46, 49 (fi lm), 127 Webb, Barbara L. 77 symbolic racism: media 144 West, Kanye 23–4, 91–2, 110 Symphony in Black: A rhapsody of Westwood, Jennifer Bailey 51 Negro life (fi lm) 80 Whale, James 78 What’s Love Got to Do With It Takaki, Ronald 74, 80 (fi lm) 130 talkshows: voyeurism 41 White, Armond 9, 110, 120, 125, 134

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White, Barry 107 Winant, Howard 14 White, Carole 86 Windows of the World, The (Warwick) white fascination with blacks 128 black 74, 75, 77 Winfrey, Oprah 3–4, 11–12, 13, 16, minstrel shows 75, 76 35–45 nineteenth century 72–3 and Banks, Tyra 88, 89–90 white guilt 20, 25, 26, 34, 40 book club 43–4 White Guilt (Shelby) 25–6, 29, business enterprises 38–9 34, 44 consumerism 44–5 White Men Can’t Jump (fi lm) 126 early life 37–8 white musicians 103–4 favorite things 35 whiteness 9–10, 138–9, 146 identifi cation 37 Jackson, Michael 64 individualism 41, 42, 43–4 and minstrels 75 media 3–4 origins 138 public/private division 40–1 whites race 39–40 appeal of black life 97 support for Obama 35–6 covering black artists 103–4 Wolfe, Patrick 17, 138 fascination with blacks 72–3, 74, 75, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! 76, 77 Julie Newmar (fi lm) 126 guilt 20, 25, 26, 34, 40 Woods, Tiger 16, 121–4 perception of blacks 144 Nike 122–4 poor 138 Wright Edelman, Marian 140 and rock ‘n’ roll 103–4 Wright, Rev. Jeremiah A. 30–1 view of blacks 74, 84 Wypijewski, JoAnn 71, 123 (fi lm) 125 Williams, Patricia J. 42 X-Men: The Last Stand (fi lm) 125, 133 Williamson, Sonny Boy 104 Wilson, Clint 18, 19–20, 60 Yardbirds 104 Wiltz, Teresa 26 Yetnikoff, Walter 63

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