Black Ish And The Abc Sitcom

Black-ish 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

that minority stereotypes that are seen on television are based on reality, not fiction. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, almost one out of every three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime (how is this racism? – just because of the color of their skin?) (Kirby). This racism does not only affect blacks, but many minorities. The Bureau of Justice Statistics also states that of those imprisoned, colored people make up 60% of the inmates. We discriminate based off what

whats known as Black situation comedies and Black humour. David Moody’s chapter The Complexity and Progression of Black Representation in Film and Television and Sasha Torres’ Television and Race both focus on Black sitcoms and their argument is that sit-coms rely upon racial stereotyping for their coloured characters and the term race as turned from a problem to another commodity for networks. Black sitcoms attempt to show a perspective of Black American life, they mainly focus on Black family structures

The ABC sitcom tv shows Blackish is made by Kenya Barries. This comedy show focuses on an upper-middle-class African American family. On the season two episode one, ‘The Word’ is one of the shows that Blackish relates the problems or what 's going in the society in the show. This season was released on 2015, focusing on the use of the word ‘nigga’. It captures the possessiveness Drey the main character was displayed throughout the show. On Blackish episode one, the show is centered on the eight years

Kimberly Molina-Navarro Zeinabu Davis COMM 135 17 November 2015 San Diego Film Festival The 16th annual film festival was by far the most consistent, well-organized festival I have ever attended. It was interesting to see a community of filmmakers come together and share their experiences here in San Diego. With it being my first film festival to ever attend, I was able to grasp and get a taste as to what the reality of filmmaking is through these independent filmmakers’ eyes. Targeting mainly

Representation Matters: Diversity in the Hollywood Television Industry A recent study done by the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies showed the lack of diversity within Hollywood by examining all the films released, television programs on broadcast, cable, or digital networks, as well as the actors, writers, directors, and producers within the industry. Ethnic minorities make up about 40% of the American population but still remain underrepresented in all forms of entertainment. The