Keeping it Real: The Evolution of the Black American Sitcom

Author

Ebony E. Prescod, Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNYFollow

Graduation Date

Fall 12-15-2023

Grading Professor

Jennifer Wilson

Subject Concentration

Arts & Culture

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

The image of the black person has undergone many iterations in American popular culture. From the mammy of post antebellum America, to blaxploitation, to the black upper class -- what it next for the representation of black people in popular media, especially as it is now being helmed by black creatives. What does the black American of the 2020s look like? Now, what does it look like to be true to the black experience, today?

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Recommended Citation

Prescod, Ebony E., "Keeping it Real: The Evolution of the Black American Sitcom" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/710