TikTok has become an important digital space for solidarity among underrepresented groups. However, it is also a space where stereotypes and offensive jokes are proliferated through unique affordances such as “Use This Sound.” For this study, I focused on Black-Asian multiracials known as “Blasians” and how they used TikTok. I analyzed 56 videos, 47 by Blasian creators and nine by non-Blasian creators, using content analysis and Berger’s typology of 45 humor techniques to uncover common themes and strategies employed by Blasians and non-Blasians on TikTok. Three major findings emerged from the data: First, unlike most social media platforms, the majority of my sample was created by Blasians themselves, with more than half of these videos directly or indirectly referencing racist experiences the creator had encountered using techniques like facetiousness, stereotypes, and wordplay suggesting that a Blasian-specific culture is emerging on TikTok, mirroring elements of Black Twitter. Second, Blasians often relied on monoracial Black and monoracial Asian stereotypes in their videos, demonstrating the multiple dimensions of how they are targeted. Third, non-Blasians relied on Blasian-specific stereotypes, highlighting novel ways in which other minoritized racial groups are racializing Blasians. Taken together, my study sheds light on the racialization process of a growing racial group, the emergence of a digital Black-Asian multiracial culture, and how TikTok united a diverse and broad ethnoracial group.

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在 TikTok 上鼓掌：黑人-亚裔多种族和幽默

TikTok 已成为代表性不足的群体团结的重要数字空间。然而，这也是一个刻板印象和冒犯性笑话通过独特的功能（例如“Use This Sound”）激增的空间。在这项研究中，我专注于被称为 “Blasians” 的黑人-亚裔多种族以及他们如何使用 TikTok。我分析了 56 个视频，其中 47 个来自 Blasian 创作者，9 个来自非 Blasian 创作者，使用内容分析和 Berger 的 45 种幽默技巧类型学来揭示 Blasian 和非 Blasian 在 TikTok 上采用的共同主题和策略。数据中得出了三个主要发现：首先，与大多数社交媒体平台不同，我的大部分样本是由 Blasian 自己创建的，其中超过一半的视频直接或间接引用了创作者所经历的种族主义经历，这些经历使用诸如俏皮、刻板印象和文字游戏等技术表明 TikTok 上正在出现一种特定于 Blasian 的文化， 反映了黑人 Twitter 的元素。其次，布拉斯人在他们的视频中经常依赖单一种族的黑人和单一种族的亚裔刻板印象，这表明他们是如何被针对的多个维度的。第三，非布拉斯人依赖于布拉斯人特有的刻板印象，突出了其他少数族裔群体对布拉斯人进行种族化的新方式。综上所述，我的研究揭示了一个不断增长的种族群体的种族化过程、数字黑人-亚裔多种族文化的出现，以及 TikTok 如何团结一个多元化和广泛的种族群体。