TV's View of Black and White: Integration or Tokenism?. / Tom Long.
by Long, Tom; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 26Human Relations. Publisher: Detroit News, 2002ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): African Americans on television | Characters and characteristics on television | Minorities on television | Television programs -- CastingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In NBC's Leap of Faith, three white singles have a married black friend. In ABC's Alias, the super-spy white star rooms with an African-American woman and has a black partner spy. None of these characters has many lines in each episode, but their mere presence drives up the percentage of ethnic minorities seen in prime time broadcast television. It's called ensemble casting, and while the practice may indeed have increased the number of minorities on television, some see it as a too-easy answer to charges of discrimination." (DETROIT NEWS) This article reveals how there are more minorities on television than ever before, but they are mostly in minor roles.
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Originally Published: TV's View of Black and White: Integration or Tokenism?, April 15, 2002; pp. n.p..
"In NBC's Leap of Faith, three white singles have a married black friend. In ABC's Alias, the super-spy white star rooms with an African-American woman and has a black partner spy. None of these characters has many lines in each episode, but their mere presence drives up the percentage of ethnic minorities seen in prime time broadcast television. It's called ensemble casting, and while the practice may indeed have increased the number of minorities on television, some see it as a too-easy answer to charges of discrimination." (DETROIT NEWS) This article reveals how there are more minorities on television than ever before, but they are mostly in minor roles.
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