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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 220322" data-attributes="member: 33">I kind of fed up with black characters only appearing in shows so they can explore racial issues. Black people are more multi-dimensional than just being a prop to introduce a white supremist storyline.The other clichés I hate on TV are the black best friend in a show that&#039;s mainly about a white character, the sassy black neighbour or co-worker in an otherwise white neighbourhood or workplace and the black judge when a show about white characters have an episode involving a court appearance.Why don&#039;t casting directors, writers and producers just employ black characters in roles that could go to anyone? Friends was mentioned in the original post and there was no reason why one of more of the main characters couldn&#039;t have been black. It was set in New York for goodness sake where about a quarter of the population is black! A main black star wouldn&#039;t be tokenism but a reflection of the city in which the show was set.A show that got it right is How To Get Away With Murder. Annalise Keating could have been a character of any race but she just happened to be black. As a result we got to see so many sides of the character without always falling back on the tired lazy idea of making it all about her being black. Although her being black was a key part of her identity, it was never what the show was about. It wasn&#039;t a show about a black woman, it was a show about an intelligent, strong and flawed woman who just happened to be black.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 220322, member: 33"] I kind of fed up with black characters only appearing in shows so they can explore racial issues. Black people are more multi-dimensional than just being a prop to introduce a white supremist storyline. The other clichés I hate on TV are the black best friend in a show that's mainly about a white character, the sassy black neighbour or co-worker in an otherwise white neighbourhood or workplace and the black judge when a show about white characters have an episode involving a court appearance. Why don't casting directors, writers and producers just employ black characters in roles that could go to anyone? Friends was mentioned in the original post and there was no reason why one of more of the main characters couldn't have been black. It was set in New York for goodness sake where about a quarter of the population is black! A main black star wouldn't be tokenism but a reflection of the city in which the show was set. A show that got it right is H[I]ow To Get Away With Murder[/I]. Annalise Keating could have been a character of any race but she just happened to be black. As a result we got to see so many sides of the character without always falling back on the tired lazy idea of making it all about her being black. Although her being black was a key part of her identity, it was never what the show was about. It wasn't a show about a black woman, it was a show about an intelligent, strong and flawed woman who just happened to be black. [/QUOTE]

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