“It’s Not Serving Snookie and Her Escort Friends Cheeseburgers”: Race, Class and Labor in Below Deck
Published online on April 22, 2026
Abstract
Television & New Media, Ahead of Print.
“It’s Not Serving Snookie and Her Escort Friends Cheeseburgers: Race, Class, and Labor inBelow Deck” discusses the representational risk aversion of 51 Minds Entertainment, the production company that has rarely cast people of color in their popular occu-...
“It’s Not Serving Snookie and Her Escort Friends Cheeseburgers: Race, Class, and Labor inBelow Deck” discusses the representational risk aversion of 51 Minds Entertainment, the production company that has rarely cast people of color in their popular occu-...