[78-L] Amos 'n' Andy on TV]

[Tom]

However, at least on Law and Order you also have positive role models in African American judges, investigators, defense lawyers, professionals and so forth. You know, people who actually have to be self-disciplined, focused, who go to work every day, work for a living, that sorta thing. The Kingfish's main livelihood was conniving others. Not exactly a great role model, as role models go.


--- On Sun, 1/25/09, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: [78-L] Amos 'n' Andy on TV]
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 3:50 AM


Tom wrote:

> The program may have been popular with African Americans of that era, but
that's only because they were the only African Americans on TV in major
roles, and the stereotypes portrayed were pervasively negative and demeaning.
=================
No more negative and demeaning than their portrayal in contemporary
programmes like "Law & Order" etc, where Blacks--and
Hispanics--are
shown as no-hopers.

      Julian Vein


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