Nickelodeon Creates New Stereotype
While being a fan of well written shows, some of the best shows (sadly) are for kids. And some of the best kids shows are found on Nickelodeon.
When I was growing up almost all TV shows had some diversity issues. You had shows with animals and shows that had people with absurd colored skin and hair to also avoid racial stereotypes. You ask me personally, I don't really care about stereotypes. I grew up in a very....diverse neighborhood, so I never had a problem knowing that not all people are the same according to race or gender.
When I came out here to the "Heartland" I discovered majority of the population was White, Republican, loves Fox News, and will kill you for talking bad about George W.
I ended up here some how and my wife confessed that she knew nothing about (in a whisper) black people. I had to explain that "they" do not have a different "culture" as in way of life, but just live life like everyone else. She basically had never really known anyone black. So if she is watching Cop's she may have a misconception, but Nickelodeon has fixed this for us.
BLACK KIDS ARE COMPUTER GENIUSES!!!!
Now three Nick shows I watch regularly via TiVo imitation are...
Danny Phantom
Fairly Odd Parents
and Ned's Declassified.
All well written hilarious shows. But there is one connection. A connection that is quite odd regarding one of the characters on each show.
These three kids are all black (gasp), and are all at least level G7 computer nerds. That's pretty advanced for any child in their age groups but since we know each show has a team of character writers we also know these writers must create characters and in the way of Power Rangers. They must have at least one minority person or more. Now in Power Rangers the black guy was a break dancer...so its been done. We have to come up with a positive stereotype for our shows...hmmm....COMPUTER NERDS..BUT COOL!!!!
Now I am not saying that there are not black nerds, in fact i know a few. But three nick shows, three computer nerds, all three of them black...dammit.
So the question is...will this stereotype get the attention of the NAACP. Will Nick be responsible for creating yet another black stereotype. Please contact your local NAACP rep before people start harassing black people for answers to their computer problems.
Frisby
When I was growing up almost all TV shows had some diversity issues. You had shows with animals and shows that had people with absurd colored skin and hair to also avoid racial stereotypes. You ask me personally, I don't really care about stereotypes. I grew up in a very....diverse neighborhood, so I never had a problem knowing that not all people are the same according to race or gender.
When I came out here to the "Heartland" I discovered majority of the population was White, Republican, loves Fox News, and will kill you for talking bad about George W.
I ended up here some how and my wife confessed that she knew nothing about (in a whisper) black people. I had to explain that "they" do not have a different "culture" as in way of life, but just live life like everyone else. She basically had never really known anyone black. So if she is watching Cop's she may have a misconception, but Nickelodeon has fixed this for us.
BLACK KIDS ARE COMPUTER GENIUSES!!!!
Now three Nick shows I watch regularly via TiVo imitation are...
Danny Phantom
Fairly Odd Parents
and Ned's Declassified.
All well written hilarious shows. But there is one connection. A connection that is quite odd regarding one of the characters on each show.
These three kids are all black (gasp), and are all at least level G7 computer nerds. That's pretty advanced for any child in their age groups but since we know each show has a team of character writers we also know these writers must create characters and in the way of Power Rangers. They must have at least one minority person or more. Now in Power Rangers the black guy was a break dancer...so its been done. We have to come up with a positive stereotype for our shows...hmmm....COMPUTER NERDS..BUT COOL!!!!
Now I am not saying that there are not black nerds, in fact i know a few. But three nick shows, three computer nerds, all three of them black...dammit.
So the question is...will this stereotype get the attention of the NAACP. Will Nick be responsible for creating yet another black stereotype. Please contact your local NAACP rep before people start harassing black people for answers to their computer problems.
Frisby
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