although dont watch a lot of tv (old fashioned book reader) have no problem with watching 'black programs' any more than 'white programs'. would rather see tv shows that have diversity of race like 'house' or 'csi'. not a racist by any means. yet have to argree with kenpodavid that blacks in america keep talking about equality yet insist on having thier own television channel, college fund, history month, etc. and if whites did the same it would be called racism. perfect example. have never called myself euro-american or some other kind of nonsense. why african-american then? what is problem with everyone here being called just americans?
Does anyone actually 'insist' on racially-oriented TV programs, or is it just the way that the networks organise it? Surely it's because the USA is basically a nation of immigrants? So you've got Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, German-Americans etc, etc.
Dutch-Irish-Catholic Sports Network? Amish Music Video Channel? Polish-American Jewish Cookery Network?
The Hispanic population has about as many if not more channels as they would if they were in Mexico. Although, considering our proximity to the border what would you expect. I know that they at least have one channel for Latin programming in any state and we have some channels that alternate programming, mostly Asian; it will be Korean from like 12:00 to 3:00 and then go to Chinese, Thai, Japanese, it even does some Russian and Middle Eastern programming occasionally. We even have BBC America, so we can get the true flavor of British culture by watching EastEnders.
Depends on who you ask. "Survivor:Cook Islands" is the perfect example. A majority of the contestants were actually drafted from local malls and shopping centers and didn't go through the standard application procedure. Why? Mark Burrnett wanted a racially diverse cast, amd apparently he wasn't getting much diversity in the applications. So we ended up with 5 Latinos, 5 Asians, 5 African-Americans, and 5 Caucasians. The most racially diverse cast ever, 4 minorities in the final four. Were people hapy about it? Depends. Some groups thought it was very noble of CBS to seek out a racially diverse cast, others saw it as nothing more than a sheer marketing ploy, and others were offended that CBS ignored the applications and drafted folks. It didn't offend too many people, though, because the most recent season was set up the same way originally, but changed at the last minute due to a Caucasian contestant dropping out as the boat landed on the island. Another example would be the CW. "Girlfriends", "Everyone Hates Chris" and other Monday nite programming aimed at the African-American community. This was formerly UPN and the WB, and both stations did try to get the minority viewers. Otherwise, most of the shows aren't per se geared at minority viewers, although many organizations do keep tabs on the number of minority characters on major network television. The numbers have gotten better, apparently.
Nope, lots of original programming (and reruns of "Queer as Folk"). There is also "Here TV", another gay channel, which has a lot of "Melrose Place"esque type serials. Also a lot of documentaries, music, news shows, etc. I don't get eirther channel, I refuse to get digital cable just for queer tv.
Well lets look at the historical impact of the spear. Before the spear the ability to kill large game was about digging pits and chasing them in. This was a hit and miss affair so I rate the spear pretty highly in technology terms. The mud hut again what we are talking about is the ability to manufacture dwelling near useful resources before this humans had to travel back and forward to the resources. Another massive technological leap. I'll add a couple of my own: The is a good chance writing was first done in africa. The wheel if not invented had many important improvements by the africans. Also lets add some interesting african civilizations: Egypt, Carthage, Numidia, Abbysinia. I haven't even began on cultural significance. The Bear.
