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Bob Roberts: Race And Color - College Essays

Bob Roberts: Race And Color

Is television today still in the era of segregation? I think that it is because none of the four major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) have enough of security of mind to have a full minority show. In an article in Time magazine, the author wrote, "Of 26 pilots for the fall, none has a minority star" (Poniewozik 1). This is a main point that I am trying to make. The only minority stars that are signed are by second-rate networks like the WB and UPN. The only two shows that will be integrated will be WB's For Your Love, and UPN's Grown Ups. Also, if you look at the integrated television shows that have aired, there are always distinct white and black lines. The blacks will usually be in ...

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but they are missing the point that kids need to learn about all races for them not to grow up and be discriminatory towards people who are different. Poniewozik also says that, minorities are best represented on workplace dramas (ER, NYPD Blue), but sitcoms, which focus more on family and society, tend to be colorless, color blind or awkwardly color conscious (Poniewozik 2). This is the networks way to think that they integrated instead of the truth that they are segregated.
In the movie Bob Roberts, directed by Tim Robbins, the color issue is also brought up, not in a sitcom style, but in the news taking the blame for the shooting of a senatorial elect. Instead of the news looking at the real story and looking beyond the hype, they took the easy way out and made the people think that the shooter was a man of dark complexion. This was a scam on the part of Bob Roberts. He was not really shot. The shooter shot two bullets into the ground, and on the news, it looked ...

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