# Herman Gray

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'''Herman Gray''' is emeritus Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz and has published widely in the areas of Black cultural politics and media.<ref name="U of Iowa" /> Gray's books include: ''Watching Race: Television And The Struggle For Blackness'' ([University of Minnesota Press](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Press), 2004) and ''Cultural Moves: African Americans and the Politics of Representation'' ([University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press), 2005), as well as the collections ''Towards a Sociology of the Trace'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2010, co-edited with [Macarena Gomez Barriś](/source/Macarena_Gomez_Barri%C5%9B)), and ''The Sage Handbook of Television Studies'' ([Sage Publishing](/source/Sage_Publishing), 2015, co-edited with M. Alvarado, M. Buonanno and T. Miller). Gray's 2019 book ''Racism Postrace'' ([Duke University Press](/source/Duke_University_Press)) was co-edited with [Roopali Mukherjee](/source/Roopali_Mukherjee) and [Sarah Banet-Weiser](/source/Sarah_Banet-Weiser). Gray is a member of the Board of Jurors for the Peabody Awards.<ref name="Peabody" />

==Education==
Gray attended graduate school at UC Santa Cruz studying under Sociology Professor Hardy T. Frye.<ref name="Frye" />

==Appearances==
Gray appears in [Marlon Riggs](/source/Marlon_Riggs)'s 1991 documentary film ''[Color Adjustment](/source/Color_Adjustment)''.

==Views==
Gray has stated that nostalgia can be used to induce an uncritical engagement with history, as "a way of not having to confront ... historical realities," in particular as with the "[Make America Great Again](/source/Make_America_Great_Again)" slogan.<ref name="Mashable" />

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<ref name="U of Iowa">{{Cite web|url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/commstudies/becker-conference/speakers/herman-gray|title=Herman Gray|language=en|access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Peabody">{{Cite web|url=https://grady.uga.edu/peabody-awards-names-new-board-of-jurors-monica-kaufman-pearson-to-lead-board/|title=Peabody Awards names new Board of Jurors; Monica Kaufman Pearson to lead Board|date=15 November 2021 |access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Frye">{{Cite web|url=https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/08/hardy-frye-memoriam.html|title=In Memoriam: Hardy Frye|date=August 16, 2021|author=Allison Arteaga Soergel|access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>
<ref name="Mashable">{{Cite web|url=https://mashable.com/article/nostalgia-racism-sexism|title=Political nostalgia is always a lie, and a potent weapon|author=Rebecca Ruiz|website=[Mashable](/source/Mashable) |date=May 14, 2018|access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://sociology.ucsc.edu/about/directory-emeriti.php?uid=herman Faculty profile page] at [UC Santa Cruz](/source/UC_Santa_Cruz)

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