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[–] lemmiter@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Not trying to be racist but it's almost always a man and a woman who are both White - and probably a Black side character if they are feeling generous.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They have ones with black protagonists, the white ones just have a few token black people, often for comic relief. This is TV for Karens essentially.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Know your audience and whatnot

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Read that as "TV for Kansans" and it still fits.

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

By and For Karens

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The channel viewership is 99.999% overweight to obese older white women. This is functionally their porn.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they do have an interracial couple it's always a black man with a white woman. Never the other way around.

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

gotta get that bbc.

British Broadcast Corporation - they'll sure give Hallmark a run for their money.

[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Hollywood's (meaning movie and TV producers in general) default is white and straight.

The hetero norm is changing slowly, but the white norm is still very much a thing. Typically for a movie to feature a predominantly POC cast, it's directed by a POC and listed as a POC movie, rather than just... well, a movie.

[–] aaronbieber@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Santa Claus is my favorite pale male.