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Housewives of Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop Hollywood
Love and Hip Hop Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop New York
Reality Television Shows
I wonder behind closed doors what people feel regarding the images portrayed on such programs?
Do you feel these shows promote a negative, low class image of African American men and women? Do you feel these images further perpetuate negative images of minorities that extend to everyday interactions with non-minorities and/or minorities of other cultures? Is this the new black face, buffoonery for the masses to laugh as the barbaric, ignorant, single mother stereotypical "ghetto" behavior?
Is this designed to destroy the desire of positive minority images? Your thoughts please.
Housewives of Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop Hollywood
Love and Hip Hop Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop New York
Reality Television Shows
I wonder behind closed doors what people feel regarding the images portrayed on such programs?
Do you feel these shows promote a negative, low class image of African American men and women? Do you feel these images further perpetuate negative images of minorities that extend to everyday interactions with non-minorities and/or minorities of other cultures? Is this the new black face, buffoonery for the masses to laugh as the barbaric, ignorant, single mother stereotypical "ghetto" behavior?
Is this designed to destroy the desire of positive minority images? Your thoughts please.
Frankly, people of any color who appear on reality shows that don't involve some type of talent competition all come off like a bunch of bozos.
This is the pattern I have observed on dramas in the last 20 years. They don't choose black people to play the male and female leads on any mixed race shows so to make up for it (in their minds), they give them the "character in charge" smaller roles. They are the head of the police department, the director of the FBI, the school principal, the President, the judge, the high ranking military officer, the warden, etc..
I don't watch sitcoms so I don't have any observations for those shows.
I don't watch any of those shows, so I can't say. But I've seen too some negative stereotypes on other shows. Racism seems to be on the increase.
Same here. Yes, I agree!
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Originally Posted by hatgirl007
Housewives of Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop Hollywood
Love and Hip Hop Atlanta
Love and Hip Hop New York
Reality Television Shows
I wonder behind closed doors what people feel regarding the images portrayed on such programs?
Do you feel these shows promote a negative, low class image of African American men and women? Do you feel these images further perpetuate negative images of minorities that extend to everyday interactions with non-minorities and/or minorities of other cultures? Is this the new black face, buffoonery for the masses to laugh as the barbaric, ignorant, single mother stereotypical "ghetto" behavior?
Is this designed to destroy the desire of positive minority images? Your thoughts please.
I've only seen the commercials for them, so I can't speak to content. I assume a "yes" answer--- just like with dumb shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
This is the pattern I have observed on dramas in the last 20 years. They don't choose black people to play the male and female leads on any mixed race shows so to make up for it (in their minds), they give them the "character in charge" smaller roles. They are the head of the police department, the director of the FBI, the school principal, the President, the judge, the high ranking military officer, the warden, etc..
Scandal?
How to Get Away with Murder?
NCIS LA?
Criminal Minds?
Resurrection?
Psych?
Law & Order?
@LauraC. If you happen to watch the flash, id like to know if you have observed anything interesting on there and if so what are your thoughts..if any?
Do you feel these shows promote a negative, low class image of African American men and women? Do you feel these images further perpetuate negative images of minorities that extend to everyday interactions with non-minorities and/or minorities of other cultures? I
Probably. But I've never watched any of those shows, nor do I have any desire to do so. And I'm not convinced that the largest part of the TV audience watches them either. That's niche market if I ever saw one. And definitely lowest common denominator.
TV still has room for improvement, but most TV show's portrayals of minorities has improved greatly over the past 10 years. It's a very rare TV show these days where minorities are not well represented. Just off the top of my head ...
LOST had a wide array of characters from various ethnic backgrounds, both American and otherwise. And there was the Season 1 episode, which aired during the Iraq War, where an Iraqi character was torturing a white redneck, and the audience's sympathy was very much with the Iraqi.
THE WALKING DEAD actually has an Asian cast member who is not a kung fu killer, scientist, or computer nerd. Imagine that! And a black woman bad ass. Both of these characters are fan faves.
AGENTS OF SHIELD, FLASH, and ARROW (TV's top "super hero" shows) all have a wide representation of not only minorities, but mixed race relationships. This is so common on TV now that it's really no longer an issue. No one cares (and rightly so). That's a huge step forward from when I was a kid and the Jefferson's weird white neighbor had a black wife, and it was considered a controversial issue.
AGENTS OF SHIELD, FLASH, and ARROW (TV's top "super hero" shows) all have a wide representation of not only minorities, but mixed race relationships. This is so common on TV now that it's really no longer an issue. No one cares (and rightly so). That's a huge step forward from when I was a kid and the Jefferson's weird white neighbor had a black wife, and it was considered a controversial issue.
TV shows that appeal to viewers under the age of 35 (which includes the entire CW lineup) tend to be written to be very "race blind". The young actors are almost universally handsome or beautiful and "race" is never mentioned. It is not a consideration in status, romance, in either positive or negative ways.
Sleepy Hollow has to mention race as one character is from the 18th century, but other than the infrequent historical remark, it is largely "race blind".
The first TV show to attempt to be "race blind" was I Spy (nearly 50 years ago).
I think it is a little disturbing that this year's breakout SITCOM is 'blackish, about a father attempting to de-whiten his family. I've only seen the pilot, and there is certainly nothing offensive in the show, but I would have thought that we had evolved a little more.
Shonda Rhomes has certainly made her mark in creating strong black femal characters for TV.
But in answer to the ORIGINAL POST the shows mentioned do certainly try and make racial stereotypes into entertainment.
Those reality shows are a bane to society. Modern day minstrel shows and yet we watch. We have to move on beyond tyler Perry. Where is the high brow?
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