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“ Some of these early productions have racial themes which reorganize the world in such a way that black heritage is rewarded over white paternity; they are schematic renunciations of the prevailing order of things in white American society where, historically, the discovery of black blood meant sudden reversal of fortune, social exclusion, or banishment.” (Gaines, P.3) Within the movie the amount of mistruths about African Americans was sad. Within the movie you notice that the blacks were always or seem to be yelling, acting uncivilized and doing

Racism can also be seen when Blacky witnessing the fight between Dumby and Mad Dog. After Mad Dog punches Dumby in the side of the face, Mad Dog makes a racist comment; "Don't shake hands with no boongs." (p.29). Blacky’s reaction is selfish because he thanked Dumby for saving him, instead of asking how he is feeling after the racist comment made by Mad Dog, which demonstrates the racism within the community. Blacky becomes aware of racism when he is sitting in the shed with Clarence and notices a racist comment in graffiti on the wall above Clarence: "BOONGS PISS OFF." (p.121)

BET is an acronym for Black Entertainment Television. The network was established as a result of the lack of culture and diversity in the television industry. The network was launched on January 25, 1980, it was first launched as a programming block on Nickelodeon. On July 1, 1983 the network was introduced as a 24-hour television channel. The purpose of BET was to bring diversity to television and show African American people that they too could make it to television if they worked hard. BET’s network lineup included African American sitcoms and music videos. BET has become a very prominent television network over the years and is the biggest network targeting African American audiences. As of today, about 88,255,000 households

For my TV show I chose The Fresh Prince of Bell-Air. The Fresh Prince is a well-known TV show that aired in the 90’s and made Will Smith into one of the best black actors of our time. This show pushed itself into the public eye and sitting in 2016 right now, no one really says anything about it but this is one of the first major shows (other than The Cosby Show) to portray African American’s in a positive light. We get to know these characters throughout the seasons and everyone loves them. Everyone loves how smooth Will is with females, and how Carlton is such a nerd, and how Hillary is as greedy as the day is long, and we see Ashley grow up. We have all of this regular family programming but it also hits on real life subjects. Will is black

Insolvent, Ravenous, Fretting! Economical disadvantages leads to the three ideas stated, in layman’s terms, broke, hungry, and worrying. Unfortunately, many African American individuals inhabit areas that display very tarnished living conditions, which includes violent criminals, illegal activities, and very low performing schools, better known as “ghettos”. Consequently, due to the disadvantages and low prosperity in these communities, many young adolescents or student’s education suffers a great deal. Education is one of the most powerful apparatuses to sever the hardships of poverty. The popular 70’s sitcom “Good Times” and modern day sitcom “Everybody Hates Chris”, are two perfect examples of two struggling African American families that values education because of their race, family structure, and family roles, which displays reflection of society.

BET (Black Entertainment Television) has been providing African American-centric programming to audiences for more than 35 years. The channel’s programming was meant to be in a magazine-like format, presenting both news and entertainment shows. Today, it is one of the top entertainment channels in the United States. Here are six facts about BET, its programming and its history.

Since its start, the television industry has been criticized for perpetuating myths and stereotypes about African-Americans through characterizations, story lines, and plots. The situation comedy has been the area that has seemed to draw the most criticism, analysis, and disapproval for stereotyping. From Sanford and Son and The Jefferson’s in the 1970s to The Cosby Show (1984) and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the 1990s, sitcoms featuring black casts and characters have always been controversial. However, their significance upon our American culture cannot be disregarded. During the 1950s and 1960s, 97% of the families were Caucasian. In the first five years of the

However, culture cannot defined how enough of your race you are. The article, ‘What does it mean to be Black-ish?’ it discuss how culture incorporates with how Black you really are by referring back to a new ABC comedy called Black-ish which entirely focuses on a Black father and family in the suburbs who wonders if his family have lost touch to their African-American roots and identity. In the article, the author stated that, “Black people like the Johnsons (Black-ish family) who live in the suburbs and have prestigious careers and send their kids to private school are not real Black. They’re back-ish. If you want to be real Black, you need to stay in the hood.” (Cleveland, 2014) This thought process is comparing rich, suburban Blacks to low-class, urban Blacks by saying that richer Blacks are not true Blacks because of their selective status and because of this it forms a negative racial identity and produce the thought that all Blacks are alike: urban neighborhood, excel at sports and hip-hop references. The author also brings up a Tom Gilovich, a social psychologist, quote, ““Racists who maintain that African-Americans can’t excel outside sports and entertainment are unlikely to be the likes of, say, Barack Obama or Attorney General Eric Holder.” … In other words, President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder aren’t black; they’re black-ish.” (Cleveland, 2014) In this quote is explaining that because

Grouping a specific group of people together where they are targeted for conceptions about them is widely known as, “stereotyping”, an issue that is all across the globe that can be very harmful and offensive. One of the greatest culprits for the ongoing, public display of this issue is television; millions of people across the world who are fortunate enough to be able to own a television are manipulated everyday by what they watch. Television shows can make people see things as being right that are completely absurd and incorrect. In Jennifer Pozner’s article, “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas”, she breaks down the corrupt ways that the hit reality television show, America’s Next Top Model, edits each and every episode to display the young women starring on it as polar opposites of who they actually are just because of their ethnicity. A show that can relate to America’s Next Top Model’s stereotyping being displayed is Black-ish, a show created by Kenya Barris. This show displays an African American family living in the suburbs and the father thinks the family is not “black” enough. Throughout the episodes, many stereotypes of the African American race are used for comical gratification of the audience watching. In the last episode of the most previous season, there are a plethora of different examples of the African American race being stipulated as being a certain way. Likewise, Black-ish shows the different types of stereotypes that come along with the

Television was invented in 1939; and the majority of television shows from 1939 to the 1960’s African-Americans were portrayed as servants, clowns or maids always in a negative light. These characters begin to change during the 1970’s when black sitcoms became reality based. Even though African-Americans are still portrayed negatively on television, there has been some improvement from the stereotypical images.

The television show Black-ish has caused many controversial discussion and opinions. The sitcom features three generations of an African American family, the Johnsons, which includes a successful executive Andre; his wife Rainbow, who is a doctor; their four kids: Andre Jr., Zoey, Jack, Diane, and Andre’s parents Pops and Ruby living in a predominantly white suburban neighborhood in Los Angeles. The theme centers around how Andre came from a poor black neighborhood and his kids don’t seem to realize their culture. With this being the basis of the show, it has caused an uproar, with just its name alone being said to perpetrate racial stereotypes, leaving some with feelings that the show should be canceled (Peyser). The sitcom has even received tweets from Presidential candidate Donald Trump about being racist. This is as far from the truth as possible. Black-ish is not only non-racist it, but it is also a great show, providing laughs, life lessons, and diversity. Therefore, Black-ish is a good family sitcom and meets several aspects to be judged as one.

One aspect of life for black people in the United States of America that has always remained consistent is white racial hostility. A history of slavery, segregation, unequal protection of the law, and second class citizenship inflicted by a white power structure that dominates on a national level has created a harmful reality for black people. Every aspect of black public life must either be under the control of or in opposition to white supremacy. Every state-sanctioned institution works to use black bodies as tools for the production of capital in any form, yet simultaneously exploits and maltreats black people so that they cannot fully participate in and benefit from the systems which they are indoctrinated to invest in. White America leverages its money, comfort, and tyranny on Black America. It is for this reason that separate spaces are not merely essential to the viability of black counter-publics but inherent to their existence, since black involvement in white spaces and systems typically leads to black assimilation or marginalization. Within these black counter-publics, hip hop and mass connection through new media forms direct attention and allow for personal expression which shapes black worldview and public opinion, but this simply makes black people more comfortable with their oppression and less involved in politics.

Family sitcoms have been the most popular and positively influenced television shows watched since the 1900s to today. Many of these shows have consisted of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic families who all play a role that we as watchers look up to or perceive as the right way to run our household. Over time there has been an addition to biracial shows and family role changes throughout these sitcoms. For example, now observing single parent homes, homosexual guardians and even the changing of social interaction has both positively and negatively impacted real families who are watching.

The Office and Parks and Recreation are two widely popular shows that capture their audiences with their unique story lines, “mockumentary” style, and captivating characters. These two shows have won many awards and are praised by critics and viewers. When analyzing these shows it was important to pay attention to their narrative structure. Also, breaking the fourth wall gave these shows a twist that was different from other situation comedies. The characters are loveable and funny and truly develop the simple plots. The Office and Parks and Recreation are two situation comedies with a firm grasp on the concept of narrative structure with intriguing characters that have developed through their many seasons.

How do we define the term “popular culture”? Its literary mean is a specific culture or notion which very popular among people,and in general ,popular culture is positive;however,it is not rightful in the case of black american-because in 50's popular culture viewed black people as the thrall and deserved to be oppressed,so the veritable creed of a society does not consistent with popular culture everlastingly.The history bailiwick is teemed with embodiment to uphold my presupposition-which will discourse in the ensuing paragraph.