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Originally posted by JocelynC
As a Black woman, I'm satisfied that when I visit the magazine isle, there are plenty of faces that look like mine up there in all types of magazines. There are quite a few high rated sitcoms with almost 100% Black casts and LOTS of movies with Black actors.
Something I DO happen to think about even though I'm not Hispanic or Asian is how it must feel to look at TV/magazines/movies and not see a face like yours ANYWHERE. If you think about it, these two groups are GROSSLY under-represented in film/TV/magazines. Which is shocking considering that Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the US.
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I don't know about the Hispanic communities, but in order for the (East) Asian communities to have more "representation" attitudes have to change about the entertainment business. Immigrant (and even first generation) parents must understand that "good" entertainment is more than classical music (EVERY SINGLE Asian I know took music lessons (piano, violin and/or flute) while growing up.