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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Black-ish Illuminates Lack of Diversity in Modern American Network Television

Black-ish Illuminates Lack of Diversity in Modern American Network Television

Veronika Kiss October 16, 2014
The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Sanford and Son--like Black-ish--confronted racial issues head-on, with a disregard for political correctness that puts modern network television’s "edginess" to shame. Even so, their black characters had purpose beyond proving political points about racism. Like Andre, they were complicated, realistic, human characters who had to confront their own prejudices even as they confronted the prejudices aimed at them.
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