Arbiters of Race

Introduction Erik T. Withers and David L. Brunsma; Section I: Arbitering Race in the Media; 1. Organizations as Cultural Intermediaries? A Case Study of a Conservative Think Tank, Annie Jones and J. Scott Carter; 2. Cultural Intermediaries Promoting Critical Racial Consciousness: The Potential Public Pedagogy of Podcasts, Jan Martin Meij; Section II: Arbitering Race in Creative Industries; 3. Behind the Scenes: The Institutional Uses of âDiversityâ in the Production of MoMAâs Film Curatorship, Tania Aparicio; 4. Curating Music Festivals: The Racialized Entanglements in the Curation of Music Festivals, Jo Haynes; Section III: Arbitering Race in Bodies; 5. âThe Darkest Shadeâ: Mediating the Politics of Skin Tone, Jordan Foster; 6. Cosmetic Surgeons as Arbiters of a Beautiful Nose: The Nariz Negroide in Brazil, Carole Myers; Section IV: Arbitering Race in Consumer Goods and Services; 7. Becoming Tastemakers: The Affective Labor of Latinx Millennials in the Specialty Coffee Industry, Karina Santellano; 8. Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion D©j  Vu: Cultural Intermediaries in the Fashion Apparel Retail Industry, Sherita M. Cuffee and Shelly L. Brown-Jeffy; 9. Racial Capitalism on the Retail Sales Floor: Examining Cultural Arbiters as Organizationally Embedded Actors and Informal Practices that Perpetuate the Racial Ordering of Consumers, Cassi Pittman Claytor; Section V: Arbitering Race in Racialized Space; 10. âYou Almost Canât Describe Itâ: A Case Study of the National Urban League Conference for Black Space, Social Movement Communities, and Cultural Intermediaries, Candace C. Robinson; 11. Commercial Gentrification and Local Businesses as Cultural Intermediaries in the Racialization of Space, Steven Tuttle