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Journal Article
The Power of Representation
2022
Overview
The media has generally depicted Black men negatively in television and film. Despite the nearly 30-year gap that exists between The Cosby Show and Black-ish, these family sitcoms counter the negative narratives and stereotypes of Black men historically presented in American media. The Cosby Show and Black-ish existed in different eras, still the global success of The Cosby Show made it possible for Black-ish to explore matters such as race and social injustices. Drawing on his own background as a millennial Black male, the author takes an autoethnographic approach to discuss the influence of The Cosby Show and Black-ish on one’s formulation of fatherhood identity.
