Comments on: “Interracial Couples & Professional Blacks? TV implies too many” Says White dude.

By: Fuckyou

Fuckyou — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:41:00 +0000

But the fact that he is now an “ex” is hardly a statistical anamoly. Correct intrepretation of statistics indicates that you were fortunate to avoid the inevitable joblessness, substance abuse, and violence. People that do deny the fundamental differences are delusional fools.

By: reality check

reality check — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:38:37 +0000

the president is not black,, he was born from white mother and raised by white grand parents in hawii, he went to all white private school. his black father only saw obama twice. he's mixed

By: reality check

reality check — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:33:43 +0000

practically every show i see has a black person in charge, and also features interracial couple. it's really a joke.. blacks are being way over represented. at first i thought it was just me,, that's why i googled it. it's one big joke.

By: reality check

reality check — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:38:37 +0000

the president is not black,, he was born from white mother and raised by white grand parents in hawii, he went to all white private school. his black father only saw obama twice. he's mixed

By: reality check

reality check — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:33:43 +0000

By: stefanie

stefanie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:04:37 +0000

i’m a black woman who grew up in a white family, surrounded by white people. i dated who asked me out. if i had realized how much it would offend or confuse people who got all their information from primetime television shows…i would have done it more. idiots.

By: ddot

ddot — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:30:32 +0000

Actually the majority of americans do live in cities or major metropolitain areas… if you didnt know this from your normal intellectuall curiosity or general reading you should have learned this from the election process and maps….They went over this fact a million times….Barack talked about it in countless speaches….Democrats carried many swing states and red states because so much of thier populations live in major metropolitain areas….PA( Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs..carry the sate) VA (Arlington/Fairfax..ie metropolitain dc carrie that state) FL carried by Miami/Ft. Lauderday/Palm Beach/Boca Raton metropolitain areas..NC Charlotte/Raleih-Duram metro areas the list goes on and on

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:04:59 +0000

I happen to be black (I’m actually mixed race), married to a white woman, and live in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twin Cities area is about the most progressive place in the nation when it comes to interracial relationships. If you go anywhere in Minneapolis, St. Paul, or the surrounding suburbs, you will see people of many races in relationships. Even in the white suburbs. And no one thinks twice about it or at least makes you feel strange about it. Because it is not. The same is true in Duluth, Minnesota, a much smaller town further up north. To perpetuate that the Midwest is a hotbed of interracial ignorance is ludicrous. I will admit that there are still firm racial lines in places like Chicago. Even in St. Cloud, MN, a smaller town, has had trouble embracing various races. But, the Twin Cities area is awesome in this respect. Don’t believe what Chris Rock says; there are more black folks in MN than Prince and (now deceased) Kirby Puckett.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:54:32 +0000

Since when has television been statistically reflective of the larger population?

The argument in and of itself is ridic to begin with.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:08:42 +0000

Victoria made a good point that the shows that were listed are in cities and/or surburbs right outside the city so the demographics actually do make sense unlike what the author complained about. I believe this is a good thing so someone in rural Kansas can see how life is outside their “bubble”. I also noticed a lot more minorities and interracial couples in random commercials as well. But even if the demographics are not portrayed in a statistically accurate way, WHO CARES. Really? TOO much diversity? TOO much getting along? TV and movies for too long have created negative images of different ethnic groups that it is good to finally see more positive images on TV even if it seems like a “quota”.