The Black Experience | Will Obama really change how African American’s are precieved by the world?
December 11, 2008 · Print This Article
I dont have to explain to you what the “Black Experience” is. You already know. You’ve watched Roots, Goodtimes, The Jefferson’s, and The Cosby Show. Im sure you have watched, Flavor of Love, and its many spin-offs, and probably have Keyshia Cole’s reality series on DVR as we speak. Sad to say all of the above are, and have been considered depictions of the black expierence.
Roots, made the attempt at accurately depicting slavery, while movies like Amistad describe the travels of those same slaves. Goodtimes, showed family and struggle, where as The Jefferson’s was our first chance to move out of the slums. The Cosby Show, a professional family, rooted in love. The Black Experience.
Have we lost our minds??? Seems to me that we have some how went down hill from those moments of accomplishment. Im going to say this, and i might be critisized for it, but to me, African American’s in today’s media is are nothing but a camera crew and a bunch of blacks acting like coons. (I told you, you would hate me for my comments). A black man, calling another black person a coon. No, i didnt say they were coon’s, just acting like coons, slight difference, not much, but different never-the-less.
So what can Obama do for Us/Them? I’ve heard alot, around the water cooler, that Obama will change how we are looked at. Not saying that YOU feel that way, but i have heard it. Im not fighting it, but someone’s ‘gonna’ have to show me how. And thats where you come in! Leave me a comment. Thanks
-Fresh
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example – The worst is mad Tv
1 go to youtube.com
2 search
3 enter mad tv
The African Americans Fake Thugs
Those guys are sell outs
Obama is a idol. People are going to change .. We as African American need not let the Media, nor any other NON factual deterrent Change that..
The only way to stop this type of media is for us to simply not watch it. But unfortunately, shows such as Housewives and the like will continue to flourish and define our community because we watch. I say turn off the TV and read a good book.
Obama will not change the media per se in terms of television entertainment. But hopfully it will make us, the audience, more aware of more important issues so that WE as a people can bring about more positive programming.