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Stereotypical Images of African-Americans on Television Sitcoms

The more television changes, the more it stays the same for the genre of African American sitcoms. Some critics believe that African Americans will never accept the images they see of themselves on network television. Like whites, African Americans on television sitcoms should be portrayed “in the full array of cultures that exist in our society.”
Most likely, the majority of white television viewers see a sitcom as no more than 22 minutes of broadcast time and eight minutes of commercial intertwined with a laugh track. Nothing serious. But look deeper. For African Americans, sitcoms have long been hotbeds of racial stereotypes disguised as entertainment. Put the laugh track on mute and there will be few African American community leaders and established entertainers joining in on the fun. The history of using African Americans as entertainment and not as entertainers began in post-World War II and......

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