Tuesday, May 8, 2012

broadcast a world of whiteness


today on may 8th, 2012 i read an article about how televison may not be diverse with other than white americans. The article was written by Jon Caramanica. according to the article " whitenes is too often invisible on television , so much the so that this fact is hardly pointed out. Also “ television is nowhere near diverse enough- not in its actors , its writers or its show runners. big  tv networks such as Fox , ABC, NBC, and CBS do not have many shows that have a diverse cast is because some white americans out in the world don’t want to see that. Those big tv networks producers believe in just what is going to catch most of the public eye if they have celebrities and an young cast or unique group of actors it attracts a lot of mostly white americans. For instance “Fox” has “Glee”, which has some diverse but the cast members have small parts in each episode. NBC has “30 rock” and “ Community”. Both of these networks share something in common they both offer prime time tv shows that are popular due to the lack of diverse cast and the fact that each tv network main goal is to make sure that each tv show is earning the network a lot of money. The television producers have a lot of responsibility  to put on shows that have diverse cast , but some are too afraid the network would lose some viwers due to the cast. So the producers give into what I stated before is they give into what the public eye wants.
I have watched the animated cartoon named “ American Dad” the episode was based on black history and they make racial slurs all the time in each episode. I honestly don’t respect the show and it’s a disgrace to everyone.  The tv show is shown on fox and the entire cast is white.

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