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33053, RE: no, *these* are terrible examples:
Posted by suave_bro, Thu Jun-02-05 08:34 PM
>"and on the flipside, look @ what happened to "City of
>Angels" back in 2000. a serious black hospital drama that
>couldnt compete with the tom niggery on UPN and WB."
>
>City of Angels wasn't competing with The Parkers and the
>Wayans Brothers, it was competing with ER and Chicago Hope.

- no. city of angels was created specifically to make the NAACP happy after constant complaints about how there was a lack of black representation on network television (they didnt have SHIT to say about cable), black people knew the shit was on television, we just didn't watch it.

>>mcdonalds would make billions without a commercial as would
>>pepsi and cola, those commercials are simply "reminder" ads
>>just to keep the product fresh on consumers minds, this is
>why
>>mcdonalds can afford to have commercials that target EVERY
>>demographic (hell, they even have a spoken word ad)...
>
>the issue is not targeting commercials at a demographic in of
>itself, but rather the manner in which it's done.

- I know this, this is what im reffering to, what you consider stereotypes and cooning we find entertaining. that isnt the media's fault that's on us...


>>or would u be happy
>>playing the political correct card and stay broke...
>
>No, but I wouldn't be shucking and jiving either, which is
>something you sound like you have no problem doing.

- look, shuffling, cooning, buckdancing whatever u want to call it, black folks like it and white folks are getting paid off of it. you mad nigga?