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Response to the Special
I found the series to be repetitive of most specials on this topic shown recently. I too wish we could take this dialogue further and find some solutions to these issues rather than stating the obvious. I would like to mention that I am intrigued by my sisters and brothers who have negative opinions about the story. All of these educated black folks talking about they couldnt stomach the special because all it did was perpetuate stereotypes. "Where is the story about educated black people because they do exist?" I just feel like why create a show based on such a small proportion of our community. Why start saying yes, we are making small leaps toward finding a solution to the issues we have with those few families doing alright. So the majority can glaze over the issues and say, See if some of them can make it out of the hoods then its a decision that they are making and theres not fundamental problems inherit here. I hope im not rambling but I was upset by this response. Soledad never said there were no successful blacks but she isnt going to waste her time making a special about it, thats not her purpose. Her purpose is to get dialogue started to fix the problems. If thats what you wanna see, then u need to make a special and send it to cnn. I just wish we can talk more about solutions and just not identifying the problems.
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