Postracial Resistance

CONTENTS

1. “Of Course I’m Proud of My Country!”: Michelle Obama’s Postracial Wink

2. “Because Often It’s Both”: Racism, Sexism, and Oprah’s Handbags

3. “I Just Wanted a World That Looked Like the One I Know”: The Strategically Ambiguous Respectability of a Black Woman Showrunner

4. “No, But I’m Still Black”: Women of Color Community, Hate-Watching, and Racialized Resistance

5. “They Got Rid of the Naps, That’s All They Did”: Women of Color Critiques of Respectability Politics, Strategic Ambiguity, and Race Hazing

6. “Do Not Run Away from Your Blackness”: Black Women Television Workers and the Flouting of Strategic Ambiguity

Coda: “Have a Seat at My Table”

Acknowledgments

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