Coloring Whiteness and Blackvoice Minstrelsy: Representations of Race and Place inStatic Shock, King of the Hill, andSouth Park

The author argues that the cartoons Static Shock, King of the Hill, and South Park represent appropriations of racially marked cultural forms. Although transgressing traditional boundaries of white masculinity, these representations of interracial exchange demarcate the spatial boundaries of difference that signify the superiority of white subjects.