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33054, RE: no, *these* are terrible examples: Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Thu Jun-02-05 09:58 PM
>- 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.
Yes. Those complaints were about a lack of black representation in serious network dramas. Thus it was competing against shows like ER and Chicago Hope, not those garbage UPN sitcoms.
>- 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...
PulpHustler's post explains in explicit detail how it is the media's fault.
>- 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?
No, I'm disappointed. You mad coon?
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