Dear Mixed People: Critically Examining Monoracism in College-Related TV Series by Jacob P. Wong-Campbell, Lisa Delacruz Combs, Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero, Rebecca Cepeda

“…Applying Critical Race Media Literacy and Critical Multiracial Theory (MultiCrit), this study examines representations of multiracial students in Charmed, Dear White People, Ginny & Georgia, Grown-ish, and Black-ish. We find that multiracial college student characters are routinely confronted with “box-checking” on demographic forms and wrestle with the limitations of racial categories to capture complexity and the potential resources/benefits associated with selecting specific boxes. …”
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