Interesting video explaining "privilege"

I've been binge watching Grey's lately. The main character is a white woman (Pompeo). There are three black actors who appear in most shows in the first few seasons (Webber, Baily, and Burke). There is a huge difference between an almost all black cast and a few black actors in a mostly white cast.

Viola Davis is the bomb. I overlooked the show in making my observation.

Scandal has a lot of white faces in the cast. Kerry Washington is the only black actor/actress to appear in all the episodes.

Blackish is proof a black cast can make a quality modern sitcom. It's on my DVR and we watch every episode.

 

You can't compare early Grey's to where it is now. In addition to Bailey and Webber, there are now Avery and his mother, Bailey's husband, Stephanie, and Pierce, along with the Hispanic Callie Torres. Trust me, it's basically an even split now, with most of the fictional hospital's management being people of color as well. Much more diverse now than you're giving it credit for.

And honestly, I think a show like Grey's featuring black actors in roles that don't actually rely on their blackness is much more significant than a show like Empire which features black actors specifically because of the fact that they're black.

 

Suuure.

Black people don't like hip hop, they like "How to Save a Life."

The point of a show like Empire is that it is something that black people can identify with. Few have the opportunity to get a medical degree and become surgeons.

Grey's is still about Meredith Grey.

I remember the Cosby Show was #1 on NBC for a few years. It got a lot of flack for being an unrealistic view of black reality.

 

I want Denny to tell us about more movies he's never seen.

 

I still can't believe Undercover Brother didn't win an Oscar. The Academy is so frickin' racist!



It was the coolest and hippest movie in years!

 

Who isn't?