1. Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET Open Access Author: Sims, Ashley Title: Fetishizing Blackness: The Relationship Between Consumer Culture and Black Identity as Portrayed on BET Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: consumer cultureBlack identitycommodity fetishismBETtelevision File: Download Fetishizing_Blackness_final_thesis_for_submission.pdf Committee Members: Matthew Mc Allister, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMatthew Paul Mcallister, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor