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Ditch That Black-and-White TV MAG
I read an article in the Points of View section called “Ditch That Black-and-White TV” that discussed how many TV shows still depict American families with only white couples or black couples, instead of interracial ones.
Honestly, while I agree, I think the main reason this exists is because it is still thought of as American. When you think of a typical American family, if you're honest, you usually picture a single-race family. But that isn't the reality. Today in America the number of interracial families is growing.
Did you know this very issue was dealt with back in the '70s? Ever hear of a show called “The Jeffersons”? Their best friends were an interracial couple.
Another example is “Boy Meets World.” In later seasons, Shawn's long-time girlfriend was black. In the Disney show “Wizards of Waverly Place,” the dad is white and the mom is Latino. On the “Amazing Race,” an interracial couple competed in order to show her family that she, a black woman, marrying a white man was fine.
I believe this issue is in the media a lot more than some realize. Still, many interracial couples are portrayed as dating, not married.
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