Funny “haha” or funny because I’m black? Assessing viewers’ reactions to Chappelle’s Show

• Megan Hill ^[1]
  1. [1] Albion College

     Albion College

     City of Albion, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 85, nº 4, 2020, págs. 209-218
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • For years, Dave Chappelle has maintained that the reason he walked away from his eponymous show, and a $50 million dollar contract, was his realization that people were laughing at him, not with him. This study uses online survey data (N = 156) with an embedded media manipulation to quantitatively examine whether or not viewers accurately perceived the persuasive intent of Chappelle’s brand of racial satire and, subsequently, whether or not viewers perceived Chappelle’s statements about race as serious. The data offer empirical support for Chappelle’s concerns, suggesting viewers’ who held more stereotypical perceptions of African Americans were less likely to perceive Chappelle’s critique of racism as serious. These results reinforce the double-edged nature of racial satire.