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Blacks Lack TV Presence in 2008, NAACP Says
December 20th, 2008Blacks lack TV presence in 2008, NAACP says. Time was back in the day, Blacks often stopped whatever they were doing to run to the television for a rare glimpse of their own complexion. Many years later, the NAACP says a “serious shortage” of Blacks on prime-time TV threatens to turn back the clock – and the Tyler Perrys of the industry can only do so much. “At a time when the country is excited about the election of the first African-American president in U.S. history, it is unthinkable that minorities would be so grossly under-represented on broadcast television,” NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous states in the report, “Out of Focus, Out of Sync: Take 4.” A virtual disappearance of Black-targeted programming has occurred since the WB and UPN networks merged two years ago, according to the report. Among the top four networks’ shows, only CBS’ “The Unit,” CW’s, “Everybody Hates Chris” and the CW’s “The Game” are led by Black casts, according to the study. The NAACP urges the formation of a task force including network execs, educators and activists to address the alleged shortage.
NAACP should buy its own network then , oh by the way how many whites are on the B.E.T. network ? blacks have there own channel already.
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How about another overweight colored woman dat stinks
ma..ma..ma..mama..wh..wh..why do we have so many ..’REDNECKS “..ON B.E.T?.YOU S..S..S..SAID ..I..I..I..I.WOULD BE THE ONLY..RE-TART WHITE BABY??..GOOOOO….GAAAA..GIVE..MEEEE..GIVE…MEEE..THAT’S MINEEEEEEE!!!!!..KKK ..FOR EVER!!
The babies I hear on BET are black and go eek eek and make that clicking sound with their teeth or is it national geographic oh well the same thing I guess
ME..WANT METH!!!..ME WANT METH!!!..AND UGLY GRANNIE THAT HUMPS!!..FAT WHITE WOMEN WITH SKID MARKS AND RED PIMPLES ON BUTT!!…WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..WAAAAAAAAAAA.
I wants a shows dat bees a black family with all da members. crackhead mamma , no daddy 15 little roids runnin round da streets
or a fat black boon dad stinks like chicken
or a fat black boon dat stinks like chicken
just watch cops….
I watched planet of the apes the other night and it was mostly black people on it, only saw a few humans.
There is no shortage of blacks on TV. Maybe if you turn on the TV you would see they are all over the place.
OH DAM GRANDMAW!!….THIS OLD WHITE SKIN IS BURNING WE SHOULD HAVE HAD NEGRO BABIES..THEY DON’T GET THESE RED SPOTS LIKE US GET THAT DAM LOTION YOU OLD B^TCH!!.
OH DAM!!..THIS IS ALOT BETTER THAN CHECKERS!!..PASS THE DOOSH!! PLAIN JANE I GOT FITTY MORE TO GO!!..THAT MY HOE!!…IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY !!..IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!
First, it’s always good for black children to see positive black images portrayed on television. The more the better…we come in all sizes, shapes and skin tones from various walks of life so why not show the positive variety and not just the buffoons? Second, in some suburbs surrounding certain cities there are non-black children that have never dealt with non-white people before and even adults who only get their knowledge of blacks from the negative stereotypes portrayed on television. Case in point; I had a 43 year old white female colleague ask me earlier this year “Is Welfare only for black people”? I was so shocked at her audacity that I had to go into my office (close my door), pray and gather my thoughts before I could properly respond to her. Fortunately, I realized (just in time) that her question was born of a universal ignorance about real black people that some non-blacks still have in 2008! I knew then that I had to respond in an intellectual way “educate her” rather than in an emotional way “cuss her ass out” so that she would leave the experience more enlightened rather than with her feelings hurt (honestly cussing was my strongest initial response but I suppressed it). So I took that as an opportunity to teach her some REAL FACTS about my people. Apparently, some non-blacks only know what they see on television or the news about us…and too often that is not a good thing!
This is very true. I don’t even look at primetime television until Fridays when “Everybody Hates Chris” and “The Game” is on. We look at television so why can’t we on television? It seems that there are a few shows with one token black person. I guess it suppose to make us happy and shut us up. With a lot of these comments, it seems people are too afraid to say anything about it. I guess no one wants to make “Massa” mad.
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