And the best part of Andy Griffith's universe is black people and other minorities just didn't exist.
Just say it.....let it go.
Ahh Liberals, creating victim classes wherever you go.
Our population breaks down as follows:
Non-Hispanic White - 63.7 %
Hispanic or Latino - 16.3 %
Non-Hispanic Black - 12.2 %
Non-Hispanic Asian - 4.7 %
Non-Hispanic two or more races - 1.9 %
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native - 0.7 %
Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander - 0.2 %
Non-Hispanic some other race - 0.2 %
4 % of Americans represent as gay by some studies.
Hollywood, however, must portray a much more blended society than actually exists. In fact, one can't actually produce a show now without an equal representation of gays and minorities for fearing backlash. Forget that it's not at all representative of actual America where these victim classes (because that's what Liberals have turned them into - not people but victims) represent 16%, 12% and 4% of the population.
I'm watching the Netflix original - 13 Reasons. My son watched it. So I wanted to watch it. I'd heard about how it glorifies suicide, etc. I actually find it very good. Though far fetched, one can see how "bullying" isn't always outright bullying as we would think of it. How a series of small events and large events can intermingle to create a sense of desperation for the victim.
What I did find fascinating that I opposed in the show were the unrealistic character breakdowns - a cast of characters that 13 Reasons "depicts" as representative of every day America...::cough cough::
In the show, there is an openly gay male Hispanic student and his boyfriend (also non-white). There's a gay Asian girl and her two gay male parents (both dad). They insisted on showing a lesbian interaction between the straight girl star and the gay Asian girl. It was a point to show the gay parents of the Asian girl. And to show the jealousy of the gay male boyfriend of Tony, the gay Hispanic guy, that ultimately had nothing at all to do with the plot whatsoever - they just had to show it because, well, gay's gotta be the new normal. Even though 96% of America is straight.
Yes, the pendulum has swung. While Mayberry RFD was all white and not representative of society then, we've gone in the opposite direction where TV and Movies now depict a world where every other person is either a minority, gay, or both (as in 13 Reasons). Neither are representative of the real world.
That said, I remember watching Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons as a kid.
Yeah, people can say TV's racist I guess.
