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Originally posted by decadence
The media always has an angle, a bias. It ostensibly reflects its publics tastes and obviously in fact the ideologies of those behind it. But it seems when you talk about the media you mean the media you see - i.e. in the USA - and not the entire world, where those who are "minorities" are a (sizeable) 'minority' in that country. There's no question which skintones you see most on TV I agree but are separate networks like BET exacerbating the problem - we all know what a good idea 'separate but equal' wasnt? Does mainstream media provide a less balanced and societally reflective set of images because it's unfortunately believed "Oh BET (or whatever) already takes care of it?". We saw groundbreaking actors like twice Oscar winner Sidney Poitier in Hollywood mainstream films which was then almost unheard of; it paved the way for actors across the cultural-ethnic color divide. Do media outlets such as BET etc take us a step back and contribute to the 'mainstream' networks faults?
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either way, does this have anything to with the issue at hand? and no, BET does not take care of it...and yes, the mainstream media is SEVERELY unbalanced and unreflective of the american demographic. but as it is, this has nothing to do with the bigotry of these pikes.