Constructing and Critiquing Interracial Couples on YouTube

Abstract

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#Mixedcouples on TikTok: Performative Hybridization and Identity in the Face of Discrimination

“…Additional research has been done on YouTube to unveil how racist ideas are challenged by interracial couples. Their results show that the member of the stigmatized group tends to justify their motivations to be in a mixed couple more than the person who is a member of the non-stigmatized group within the couple (Sobande, 2019).…”