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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