The Issues of Black Racial Stereotype and Race Relationship Used in The Transcript of Chris Rock's Standup Comedy Entitled Never Scared

Jehan Umar Rushadi

Abstract

This research aims to answer how the issues of Black racial stereotype and race relationship are being used in the Chris Rock’s standup comedy entitled Never Scared. The issues of Black racial stereotype and race relationship are analyzed through the portrayal of living in US as Black people in the eyes of Chris Rock, an influential American Black comedian. This research is a descriptive qualitative research which uses Arthur Asa Berger’s techniques of comedy theory as an approach. As a result, this research finds that living in US as Black people is likely to be exposed by racial violence involving White people. The result also signifies how Black people are considered as inferior race in US society which then leads to the mentioning of racial discrimination towards Black people.

Keywords

race relationship; racist jokes; standup comedy

Full Text:

PDF

References

Bee, K. M. (2005). Racial violence in the united states. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 28(4): 599–619.

Berger, A. A. (2011). The art of comedy writing. London, England: Transactions Publishers.

Billig, M. (2001). Humor and hatred: The racist jokes of the ku klux klan. Discourse Society, 12(3): 267-289. doi: 10.1177.

Clark, J. L., & Oliver W. H., Jr. (1994). Academic procrastination among african-american college students. Psychological Reports, 75, 931-936.

Dovidio, J. F., Nancy F., & Richard B. T. (1984). Racial Stereotypes: The Contents of Their cognitive representations. Journal of Experimental Social Phsycology, 22: 22–37.

Feagin, J. R., & Eckberg, D. L. (1980). Discrimination: Motivation, action, effects, and context. Annual Review of Sociology, 6, 1-20.

Gamoran, A. (2001). Schooling and educational inequality: A forecast for the 21st century. Sociology of Education, 74: 135-153.

Harrison, K. C., & Suzanne M. L. (2004). College students' perceptions, myths, and stereotypes about african american athleticism: A qualitative investigation. Sport, Education and Society, 9(1): 33-52, doi: 10.1080.

Hilton, J., & von Hippel, W. (1996). Stereotypes. Annual Review of Psychology, 47: 237–271. doi: 1146.

Imaniar, E. D. (2014). The perpetuation of heteronormativity and patriarchy glorification in planned lesbian family represented in “The Kids are All Right” (bachelor’s thesis). Universitas Sebelas Maret of Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia.

Juilita, F. (2010). Konstruksi realitas flu babi dalam pemberitaan media: studi konstruksi realitas flu babi dalam teks berita harian solopos periode 29 april 2009 – 5 agustus 2009 dengan pendekatan analisis wacana van dijk (bachelor’s thesis). Universitas Sebelas Maret of Surakarta, Surakarta, Indonesia.

Koenig, Karl. (1994). The history of minstrel music. Retrieved from http://www.bing.com/cr?IG=6AF5727E02344C9B9E23FEA8CE7D7986&CID=00FEC625A0C16E781425CD3FA1C76F34&rd=1&h=vEnHHMW2VNQKZq8-j5aDHxJ5IAAu3dR8SUQprp4UOv8&v=1&r=http%3a%2f%2fbasinstreet.com%2f&p=DevEx,5064.1

McLeod, S. A. (2015). Stereotypes. Retrieved www.simplypsychology.org/katz-braly.html

Mintz, L. E. (1985). Standup comedy as social and cultural meditation. American Quarterly, 37(1): 71–80.

Park, J. H., Nadine G. G., & Ariel R. C. (2006). Naturalizing racial differences through comedy: Asian, black, and white views on racial stereotypes in rush hour 2. Journal of Communication, 56: 157–177. doi: 10.1111

Pérez, R. (2013). Learning to make racism funny in the ‘color-blind’ era: Stand-up comedy students, performance strategies, and the (re)production of racist jokes in public. Discourse & Society, 24(4): 478–503. doi: 10.1177

Quillian, L & Devah P. (2001). Black neighbors, higher crime? The role of racial stereotypes in evaluations of neighborhood crime. American Journal of Sociology, 107(3): 717-767.

Spink, A., & Charles C. (2001). Information and Poverty: Information-seeking Channels used by African American Low-income Households. Library & Information Science Research, 23: 45-65.

Tajfel, H., & John C. T. (1986). The social identity theory of intergroup behaviour. Political Psychology, 276-293.

Schneider, D. J. (2005). The psychology of stereotyping. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/jbssa.v25i1.27982

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.