RCTjunkie said:
| MoHasanie said:
Another thing that annoys me is how 3 of the 5 main characters are black. Shonda Rhimes who is the executive producer (makes Greys and Scandal too) always picks black main characters. Its kinda annoying considering its kinda misrepresenting society where only 10% of America is black.
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I'm personally okay with many black characters and black leads for the show. I don't see too many quality shows with lead black characters (I think the last ones I saw were That's So Raven and Black-ish), and considering they're usually set as background characters and/or stereotypes, I'm up for the change. I can see it deterring from reality, but there are many other problems with the show's "realism" beyond the character's races.
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Well Scandal also has a black lead and that's the No.1 drama on netwok TV (still way behind The Walking Dead though).
I honestly don't have problems with black characters, and I loved That's so Raven and do enjoy Black ish when I watch it sometimes. I just feel like they are a little bit over-represented on TV like gay people. Other races like Latino people are under represented on American TV which is strange considering there are more Latino people than African Americans in the US.
