Minorities In Comics and Related Media

[skyvolt2000]

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"Rizzoli & Isles" is saying goodbye to Lee Thompson Young, who played police Detective Barry Frost on the TNT crime drama.

"They have not replaced him and don't intend to do so anytime soon," she said. "So his seat remains empty and it's something that we have had to look at and struggle with from day one of shooting."

And Perception returns (well it came back last week but no one know it." Levar Burton appears.

[Vic Vega]

The R-word?

Rotisserie.

Damn things are a pain in the a$$ to clean.

[Euvari]

I wonder if that babysitter even cares that she could've nearly gotten a man killed. Eh, she probably doesn't even care, she's probably just mad that she got caught in a lie.

It's a good thing that little girl told the truth though, it's a sign that she's being raised right.

I guarantee you she'd be appalled if anyone accused her of being racist. Even after this little "teaching moment".

[Blade X]

I am not surprised in the least. Whenever I chastised its use in the show amongst co-workers I was told I was too Sensitive.

but all you have to do is look at how other derogatory language int used to know, the N* word is strategically used.

One of the biggest problems that I have with THE BOONDOCKS is the constant use of the N-word. It's like the white executives of the network (and the entertainment industry as a whole) are sitting back and laughing at us degrade ourselves whenever that word is used in that show. I can see them sitting back laughing and saying to each other "Look at those dumb N-words refer to themselves and each other by that derogatory term".

You see things like that a lot with various networks. Their standards and practices often reveal their personal biases. I remember there was a period where every rapper but Eminem had the word gun censored in videos.

Sadly, this is very true.

[skyvolt2000]

Sanders of the River (1937) with Paul Robeson & Nina Mae McKinney is now on TCM for the first time. Robeson has top billing for the film done in England.

[BroHomo]

Here's something for you guys to chew on. When the latest episode of THE BOONDOCKS aired on Adult Swim last night, the F-word (the derogatory word for gay people) was censored/bleeped out. I think that it speaks volumes about the CN/AS network (and the modern day entertainment industry in general) that the "F-word" is censored while the "N-word" (as well as the "R-word") was not.

I mean I don't think any of the words should be bleeped. How many black dudes casually toss around the F-word? How many gay dudes use N-word when describing African Americans?

[Blade X]

You can't say anything to Cartoon Network when so many have excused the use of that word. We have had too many folks who act like that would DIE if they can't say that word in a rap song or use it in a black movie. So you can thank them for all this-they made that word harmless.

Sadly, this is very true. However, that still doesn't excuse the network from allowing that word on their show knowing the history of it. If a white CN/AS executive or employee got caught on tape using that word in a derogatory fashion, they would most likely be fired. So they should know that word should not be allowed uncensored on their network.

[ExcelsiorPrime]

I mean I don't think any of the words should be bleeped. How many black dudes casually toss around the F-word? How many gay dudes use N-word when describing African Americans?

Not too many Blacks toss around the F* Word. I remember the controversy of Kanye using. No h*mo. But it was killed with the quickness so. No I don't agree/

[Blade X]

The R-word?

The now derogatory term that was once used in clinical medical science to describe someone who is mentally handicapped.

[JaggedFel]

Not too many Blacks toss around the F* Word. I remember the controversy of Kanye using. No h*mo. But it was killed with the quickness so. No I don't agree/

Homo gets tossed around a lot but Gay is usually the go to word. Like when Riley said "that is gay" I hear that all the time.

[BroHomo]

Not too many Blacks toss around the F* Word. I remember the controversy of Kanye using. No h*mo. But it was killed with the quickness so. No I don't agree/

You gotta be kidding? Black guys say the "F-word" all time. for example you on some "F-word type ****"

[Mikekerr3]

Snipers for some stolen electronics does seem like overkill.

The report was that the intruders were armed. did you miss that part? Armed Home intruders definitely call for things like snipers as a response. The cops acted the fool on quite a bit of this case, but that was not one of the parts they messed up.

[Mikekerr3]

So Good... So Good

My kids laughed their asses off at this! All the standards except for not knowing that calling someone Chinky, or Chinky eyed is offensive

[BroHomo]

The report was that the intruders were armed. did you miss that part? Armed Home intruders definitely call for things like snipers as a response. The cops acted the fool on quite a bit of this case, but that was not one of the parts they messed up.

Yeah BLACK intruders

[Kasper Cole]

Good interview with Spike Lee where he speaks on something myself and others have said about the "Progress" being made in Hollywood:

Spike Lee on ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’ and Hollywood’s Diversity Problem

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I was going to ask you about the success of “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler” and “Fruitvale Station.”

I know. These articles come out every 10 years. Every 10 years, I get calls, “Spike, can you speak about this new discovery of black film?” It changes that year, but then there’s a nine-year drought. I do not have a position at the studio. Spike Lee is not the greenlight vote. I think that question has to be directed back at the gatekeepers. Why do we have this renaissance of Hollywood’s infatuation with black people every 10 years? They need to be asked that question.

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