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> "Black" culture isn't nearly as uniform as some people would like to believe. I spent a few months in the US a few years ago, and one of the things that both
by vacri 11y ago
> "Black" culture isn't nearly as uniform as some people would like to believe.
I spent a few months in the US a few years ago, and one of the things that bothered me was that in the media, "black culture" and "gangsta culture" were synonymous - nothing to suggest that a black person might be an engineer or a manager or a wise elder or whatever. Whether it was talking heads on TV or a comedy set in a park, someone riffing on "black culture" would be doing gangsta stereotypes. The only time it seemed that blacks were allowed to be something other than "gangsta" in public discourse were if the conversation was specifically about race.
- wutbrodo 11y ago> nothing to suggest that a black person might be an engineer or a manager or a wise elder or whatever. Whether it was talking heads on TV or a comedy set in a park, someone riffing on "black culture" would be doing gangsta stereotypes. The "wise elder" is actually quite a prevalent trope. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro