The LA Times had an interesting article about 2 works that happen to be gaining recognition, made BY Black people AND don’t portray them eating fried chicken in Brooklyn or Compton.

As Americans of all colors reconsider the meanings and milieus of the African American experience in the Obama era, we may be witnessing a gradual sea change in the way that African American artists represent themselves and are perceived by others. In both “Stick Fly” and “Sag Harbor,” the characters intermittently analyze their language, relationships and socio-cultural heritage (or baggage) as African Americans. But what’s also striking about these works is that they present their well-educated, witty characters as matter-of-factly inhabiting a world of leisure and affluence, a very different way than many white Americans may be used to seeing black people portrayed in popular culture.

Actually, Black artist portray themselves in numerous ways. But producers and executives that put stuff out there don’t always SHOW that. Not so much a change in Black artist, but a change in what’s acceptable by the mainstream about Black people.

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