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| Empire (2015- ) |
Empire, a drama TV series about the music industry and an African American
man who makes it big. It may be seen as a show where African Americans have
achieved the American Dream, in terms of money and fame, but underneath the
wealth and celebrity status, it portrays this African American family in a
stereotypical role which has been associated with the ‘Blacks’ by the ‘non-Black’
people for generations.
The
show has millions of viewers, however by portraying the main cast as drug
dealers, pimps and prostitutes etc. it dramatizes and demonstrates the harsher
more dysfunctional side associated with African American life. Thus leaving
others to view African Americans in a bad way and as a nuisance of society.
The
show clearly highlights many stereotypical roles which are unfortunately associated
with African Americans, rather than eliminating these stereotypes, the
producers of the show use them as a tool to gain more viewers, rather than realising
that the portrayal of African Americans in the show is discrediting.
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