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Looking at the list, I see a huge class component to most of the picks. So any show that depicts middle-class or up blacks is ok, regardless of how mind-numbingly dull or stupid the content (Sister, Sister? I mean I would rather watch Spongebob for life lessons!)
And Backpacker rap is alright, but anything that you dance to or has a thug mentality (which is PLAYED, true, but reflects reality for the almost 1/3 of blacks who live at or below the poverty line and the almost 1/2 of our children who live there) is not what "we" should support?
I am the first one to criticize media representations of blacks when they are distorted, unfair or lean relentlessly in one direction (ignoring how diverse our community is), but don't you think it's just as bad to censor things that we don't like but which contain a grain of truth?
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