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Originally Posted by mccoyred
I was just talking with a coworker about this whole incident. This confirms that I made the correct choice in not watching these white bread type shows...
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I used to like Seinfeld but I think it is significant that popular shows such as those are marketed as mainstream nonracialized comedies that anyone can relate to and laugh at. Yeah, so whites are the majority but they need to go ahead and admit that you won't see black people in most of those shows. These are just friends who go around their lives in a show about random funny things happening--but there are only white people around. Right.
However, shows like Martin or Girlfriends are marketed as black comedies or sistagurl shows--even if people could really relate to the content beyond race. One on One has a mixed race cast now so I wonder who it's appealing to. Hell, even the Cosby Show and A Different World had white characters in it from time to time who were allowed to have prominent acting roles.