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John Forte
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Mon Jan-12-15 09:40 AM

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"Over/Underrepresented in the media"


          

Latinos have to me the most underrepresented group in American pop culture, right? They're 17% of the population but how often do you see Latinos in movies, tv shows and commercials? Sometimes I see a commercial with dark-ish white folk where none of the actors talk, and the copy delivered through voice-over, and think to myself "I wonder if they run this with Spanish voiceover on Telemudo", but that about it.

Asians, on the other hand, are over-represented. They make up something like 5-6% of the US population, but every movie or show, seems to have background Asian, and probably 40% of ads I see have an Asian in them.

  

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Over/Underrepresented in the media [View all] , John Forte, Mon Jan-12-15 09:40 AM
 
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lol. your percentages are hilarious.
Jan 12th 2015
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yes, I intentionally excluded Spanish language television
Jan 12th 2015
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No it doesn't
Jan 13th 2015
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no.
Jan 12th 2015
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Went searching for evidence. this is what I found
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Asians get the lab tech, doctor, expert __, and martial arts thug gigs.
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      Well yeah. I didn't say white people treat Asians as equals
Jan 12th 2015
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           I didn't say you did.
Jan 12th 2015
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           Model minorities bro
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                Nobody would by Asian Male Watson
Jan 13th 2015
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Nah and a percentage are secret Latinos
Jan 12th 2015
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secret Latinos might be the X-factor
Jan 12th 2015
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I think secret latinos and having their own networks explain it.
Jan 12th 2015
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      "We" have :our" own networks* too
Jan 12th 2015
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      yes but we don't have our own language.*
Jan 12th 2015
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           I just wanted to add a disclaimer b4 someone ran in like
Jan 12th 2015
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                i see it.
Jan 12th 2015
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                Let me use the example of mi Tio y Tia.
Jan 12th 2015
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                     yup. race on Hispanic TV is a mess.
Jan 12th 2015
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                     man for a minute I thought you were talking about a show
Jan 13th 2015
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                shit-- there goes my reply
Jan 13th 2015
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      secret latinos, I'm stealing this FYI
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           It's all yours
Jan 13th 2015
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like Louis CK...
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      or Christina Aguillera
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So were talking just sheer numbers
Jan 12th 2015
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I've only seen 3 of these shows, but
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      RE: I've only seen 3 of these shows, b
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           RE: I've only seen 3 of these shows, b
Jan 13th 2015
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latinos got their own media channels & DGAF
Jan 12th 2015
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so to Black people
Jan 12th 2015
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nah. it's like a thousand latino channels. 5 screens worth of scrolling ...
Jan 12th 2015
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and the racial make up is still fucked up
Jan 12th 2015
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Yep. I aint see NO brown skinned telemundo anchors.
Jan 12th 2015
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I wonder if clueless white people ever go in on that?
Jan 12th 2015
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aren't Blacks over-represented too
Jan 12th 2015
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yup
Jan 12th 2015
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      Don't most TV shows take place in urban or metropolitan areas though?
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native americans yo
Jan 12th 2015
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When the last time you saw TWO Native Americans -Chris Rock
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last one I saw was the lady from 'falling skies"
Jan 12th 2015
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      Moon Bloodgood is a hella native-sounding name, but she ain't
Jan 13th 2015
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           holy smokes you're right. Father Irish , mother Korean.
Jan 13th 2015
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LOLOLOLOL
Jan 13th 2015
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nope, blacks and asians are overrepresented, statistically speaking
Jan 13th 2015
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      Uh...I addressed this. Most shows take place in cities or areas
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      RE: Uh...I addressed this.
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           How does that not address it?
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                RE: How does that not address it?
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                     RE: How does that not address it?
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                          dap. i can dig it
Jan 13th 2015
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      if asians are overrepresented, name them.
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           Asians are mostly overrepresented in ads
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                can't argue with the citation...
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