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> 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

> 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

douche 11y ago
It's basically Morgan Freeman's whole career. Man played Nelson Mandela and God...
vacri 11y ago
In Hollywood movies perhaps, but not in day-to-day media. Probably not the best example, agreed - I just lobbed it in there as an aspiration that wasn't a job :)