Constructing and Critiquing Interracial Couples on YouTube

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Sobande
Keyword(s):  
Interracial Couples

Traveling across Racial Borders: TripAdvisor and the Discursive Strategies Businesses Use to Deny Racism

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-531
Author(s):  
Heather M. Dalmage
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Interracial Couples ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Digital Discourse ◽  
A Site

Travel and leisure activities can bring many rewards, and yet for those deemed “racialized Others,” these same activities can be fraught with anxiety and tension. As in all aspects of society, racism mediates the rewards of travel and leisure. Decisions about when and how to confront racism are central in the lives of those considered racialized Others. Given a wish to de-escalate racist situations and respond later, some individuals are using online platforms to call out racism. Using a digital discourse analysis, the author explores TripAdvisor, as a site and context in which racial confrontation happens. Interracial couples facing discrimination during leisure activities may choose to confront businesses after the fact through an online platform. When businesses respond, they follow a pattern that defensively separates “service” from racism and ultimately denies racism entirely. The author begins with an analysis of the TripAdvisor platform, including the affordances and constraints. Next, the author uses a digital discourse analysis of the review-response interaction. As with other forms of colorblind racism, a close read of the content is needed to highlight racist practices. The author shows that the structure of TripAdvisor, including the quantitative ratings and rankings and written reviews and responses, works to legitimize the platform and build trust across a Eurocentric global community. This sense of community and trust is denied and remains elusive to those suffering as a result of racist abuse.

The New Family Ideal for Korean Black Adoption

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-186
Author(s):  
Kori A. Graves
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Interracial Couples ◽  
Adoptive Families ◽  
White Families ◽  
New Family ◽  
Family Patterns ◽  
Political Implications

Many of the African American non-military families that adopted Korean black children did not conform to the gender and race conventions that child welfare officials desired in adoptive families. Often, these families included wives that worked, and would continue to work, outside of their homes even after they adopted a Korean black child. A number of these adoptive families were also interracial couples or they lived in interracial neighborhoods. Adoptive families that included interracial couples and working wives forced some social workers and child welfare officials to reframe these family patterns as ideal for Korean black children. The reforms that some social workers made to increase adoptions of Korean black children by African American and interracial couples also informed their responses to the small number of white families that adopted Korean black children. Agencies affiliated with International Social Service frequently emphasized the international political implications of Korean transnational adoptions because they understood transracial and transnational adoptions to be liberal and antiracist endeavors. However, many of the African American and interracial families that pursued transnational adoptions did not base their adoptions on political motives. Instead, they imagined a kinship with Korean black children because of the racism the encountered in Korea.

Relationship Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood Among Interracial Couples: An Integrative Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roudi Nazarinia Roy ◽  
Anthony James ◽  
Tiffany L. Brown ◽  
Alexandrea Craft ◽  
Yolanda Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Interracial Couples

Examining the Relationship between Social Support and Interracial Divorce in Louisiana

2020 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2095736
Author(s):  
Scott T. Grether ◽  
Antwan Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Premarital Counseling ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Interracial Couples ◽  
Interracial Marriages ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines how social support is related to divorce among interracial couples in Louisiana. Using longitudinal, couple-level data from the Marriage Matters Survey, we analyze how measures generally associated with divorce (e.g., couple-level characteristics, individual characteristics, and premarital events) operate similarly within interracial and same-race unions, and whether these measures moderate the relationship between social support and divorce among interracial couples. Results indicate that interracial marriages are not more likely to divorce than same-race unions, and lacking social support does not predict divorce for any marriage. Irrespective of marriage type, premarital counseling reduces the odds of divorce, while marriages with women who had more education than their husband and who cohabitated with someone other than their husband prior to marriage increase the likelihood of divorce. This study contributes towards understanding the mechanisms associated with interracial divorce and questions the claim that interracial marriages are less stable than same-race marriages.

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