Well here is one thing that has not changed since the end of racism. I finally found something on television that I could recognize from before. American Idol. It still has it’s little “piece of America” panel of judges (including an immigrant, even). It has contestants from all walks of life, black, white, Asian, Latino, short, tall, fat, ugly, beautiful, smart, dumb as bricks, talented and severely untalented. And people still rush to vote for the candidate they support the most. It's hard to believe that our vision for the country was right there in front of us all along.
Oh Idol. I can’t wait to see the audition shows for the new season.
Okay not to dwell on my TV watching habits, but wtf? I cannot tell one channel from the others now. What happened to all the shows that take place in NYC but have absolutely no people of color on them? I can’t find one show with an all-white cast. Where are all the Aunt Jemima stand-ins, you know the fat black women social workers? Where is the Pine-Sol lady? All the Indian 7-11 store owners are gone too. Law and Order went an entire two weeks (which you know means about ten episodes) with out one gangsta rapper in the plot. There are no stories about terrorism or honor killing, and I haven’t heard one fake urban, Asian or Arab accent in, gosh, I can’t even remember what they sound like. Give me a crack whore…something. Good grief. It’s downright disturbing. I’ve been watching this one show for nearly a month and a half and they haven’t even broken up the interracial couple. This has to be a record.
Yeah, BET is gone. It's been replaced by BHC the Black History Channel. I'm kind of addicted to it. I've had it on for the last few days non-stop. Facts and the truth are just so darn mesmerizing.
I cannot find BET. I am not kidding. Where did it go?
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Well here is one thing that has not changed since the end of racism. I finally found something on television that I could recognize from before. American Idol. It still has it’s little “piece of America” panel of judges (including an immigrant, even). It has contestants from all walks of life, black, white, Asian, Latino, short, tall, fat, ugly, beautiful, smart, dumb as bricks, talented and severely untalented. And people still rush to vote for the candidate they support the most. It's hard to believe that our vision for the country was right there in front of us all along.
