Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Shows like ‘Black-ish’ perpetuate racist stereotypes

“Black-ish’’ brings about the same kind of racial lunacy, making people of all skin colors appear biased, clueless and, most of all, racist. The show presents tortured portrayals of African-Americans with money, pushing the false notion that affluent blacks become middle-class members of the bourgeoisie — folks derided as “bougie’’ (pronounced bhoo-shee) in the show’s parlance. In the world of “Black-ish,” well-to-do black people are not black at all. They’re “black-ish.’’ All this is played for yuks.
https://nypost.com/2015/04/06/shows-like-black-ish-perpetuate-racist-stereotypes/