Interestingly enough, a thread on my page tonight led to the mention of TV shows Good Times & The Cosby Show - both of which I love for the most part, with reservations regarding certain episodes of the former with the stereotype of Kid Dy-no-Myte...but I digress a little. I remember years ago learning of some black Americans who did not approve of the latter because they felt that a married black couple, both licensed professionals with 5 children & grandchildren from marriages & so much love in between was unrealistic ( this is not the consensus from where I stand by any means), I actually had a friend recently (and others over time) who lamented that Good Times was a better show because they could relate, having grown up in the ghetto themselves. I had to chuckle at that notion because James & Florida Evans of Good Times were poor & lived in the ghetto but they too, were married & raising their children together under the same roof (different problems, less education but still the same meme). As a black child growing up in a working class family in a home with married parents (my parents owned our home & we never lived in the hood/ghetto but we were not rich by any means) I can relate to both actually, because growing up in Atlanta, my environment had a lot of Huxtables & Evans. Its strikingly ironic to me that some can like one but not the other...but, anyway........Im saying all of this to say that for some, the more you dismiss the Huxtables, the more that you consciously or unconsciously keep alive some stereotypes regarding black people. Even if you cannot relate, you should at least acknowledge that such black families exist & have existed for quite some time. You may despise or dismiss them but I can tell you from where Im from, they both co-exist. Black people to whom this post is applicable, stop reinforcing old stereotypes. That is all. #Istandbyit
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:46:36 +0000
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