I feel that the portrayal of African Americans on network or cable TV has been limited to a degree to a form of stereotypical roles. I do not think that the portrayal of African descendents are valid due to the fact there are several types of African Americans in this country and neither of the networks or cable stations for that matter do a great job in relaying that fact. The men are either portrayed as owning a business while their women work, or they seem to all work for network television or a vending machine company as if that was all African American men do. The networks never show men in their actual roles, like single fathers without the great jobs, they never show women in a their natural state. The women are either over polished, made up to look like European women.
The networks seldom show the many descendents of Africa in a positive light because the people behind the scenes are not always people from that Diaspora. As an African American female with Spanish Nigerian and Black Foot Native American ancestry, I do not see my likeness portrayed. I am an educated business minded woman and I do not see that portrayed on television as much as need be. We need more shows promoting the intellectual and motivated woman, mother, sister and girlfriend. We are more than just sex kittens, gold diggers, welfare recipients or mothers of troubled youth.
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