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ABSTRACT
Tamera Mowry-Housely and Tia Mowery-Hardrict first gained popularity with their 1990s sitcom Sister Sister and re-entered the limelight in 2011 with the Tia & Tamera reality show. During the opening scene of season one, Tamera disclosed that she was referred to as a “white man’s whore” on social media. By using critical discourse analysis, we examine how producers on Tia and Tamera and Oprah: Where Are They Now? employ this trope to construct Tamera in a particular way and reinforce postracial storylines.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Editor Robert Brookey and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback, and Dorothy Della Noce and Wilhelmina Hotchkiss for their suggestions. An earlier version of this manuscript was presented at the 2017 Western States Communication Association conference in Utah.
Notes on contributors
Subrina J. Robinson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
Marc D. Rich, Ph.D. is a Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach.