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Stereotypes In TV Show
A lot if TV shows now a days are very satirical and stereotypical. There is one TV show which catches my attention more than any other and that show happens to be Black-ish. It takes a black family who happens to more fortunate than others but that doesn’t change the way people perceive them, to other races there still just Black.
Anthony Andersen who plays as the character “Andre”, he takes his ‘black’ family up in higher middle class of society because he is the head of a company and his wife is nurse. Just because they are living like a white person doesn’t necessarily mean that they are. They are still perceived as black people, but some things have changed. White people aren’t as scared of them anymore, they like to make little racist
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So they have to appeal to other racial audiences. They do so by adding in the stereotypes. Although they are stereotypes, most of them are pretty much true. I don’t mean the ones that talk about fried chicken and grape soda, I mean the ones about how black people are treated unfairly or make white people feel uncomfortable at times.
Overall I like the show it’s funny, and serious at the same time. The fact that they can bring such a serious topic to the table and still make an interesting show at the end of the day is very interesting. I would give it 2 thumbs up if my vote mattered. Another very interesting thing is that while they are reeling in these other ethnic groups there exposing the truth to them at the same time. So now people are finally starting to realize that everything is not as it seems, so now there helping fight for what’s right.
If anyone wants a show that’s can expose the truth while making it entertaining than I would advise that they watch, “Black-ish”. It would make the family laugh, and cry. It could not only change your look on life, but make you want to fight for the

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