My groups topic is related to the portrayal of African-Americans in situation comedies. Back in the 90's, there were several situation comedies where the cast was mostly African-American people, such as The Cosby Show, Family Matters, and Different Strokes. What we want to see in these situation comedies are the types of stereotypes that African-Americans are portrayed as, and if there are re-occuring character patterns in each different show.
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link to see a large list of different situation comedies with African-American actors/actresses.
I have a question about the project. Would the best way to see stereotypes and portrayals of African-Americans be to watch different types of shows and evaluate them or just read research on these specific topics and gather information from there?
Good job! In terms of your questions: Look to your group's list of sources for information. We can chat more in class.
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