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Topic	Friends creator donates $4,000,000 as an apology for how white the show was.
UnfairRepresent 07/01/22 11:46:15 AM #26:	TMOG posted... Kinda. Most sitcoms are based around a family unit, and mixed families make conservatives angry. As a result, rather than lose their conservative viewership, not a lot of networks will pick up sitcoms that have a mixed family as the focus unless it's a case of adoption. It's the same reason why you don't tend to see very many sitcoms that have a same-sex marriage as the core of their family unit. Even The Connors, which is being very clear that they're taking a more liberal approach to social issues now that Roseanne is out of the picture, has their mixed-race couple (DJ and Geena) on screen together so rarely that I guarantee you that you didn't even remember Geena was a part of the family. Granted things are beginning to shift and more diverse families are being shown on TV, but that's a big part of the reason. Some break the mold King of Queens Scrubs My Name Is Earl All have interracial best friends --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:966257559] in Friends cr... [t:80078477]...</cite> <quote>TMOG posted... </cite> <quote>Kinda. Most sitcoms are based around a family unit, and mixed families make conservatives angry. As a result, rather than lose their conservative viewership, not a lot of networks will pick up sitcoms that have a mixed family as the focus unless it's a case of adoption. It's the same reason why you don't tend to see very many sitcoms that have a same-sex marriage as the core of their family unit. Even The Connors, which is being very clear that they're taking a more liberal approach to social issues now that Roseanne is out of the picture, has their mixed-race couple (DJ and Geena) on screen together so rarely that I guarantee you that you didn't even remember Geena was a part of the family. Granted things are beginning to shift and more diverse families are being shown on TV, but that's a big part of the reason.</quote>Some break the mold King of Queens Scrubs My Name Is Earl All have interracial best friends --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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