Another show, "Girls," is receiving the same kind of flack for the lack of diversity in its cast members.
I can totally understand what Ms, Rhimes is saying: there is a lack of diversity on TV--not just from these two shows, but from many others as well (does "Friends" or "Seinfeld" ring a bell?). This is why stations like BET were created (which is garbage now, by the way).
I do not watch shows that do not have one single minority character--be it Asian, Black, Hispanic, etc., and I try not to let my daughter watch shows that lack diversity as well. I also do not buy products that do not have a single minority in their commercials, and I wouldn't dare buy any Disney Princess paraphernalia for my daughter unless they include Princess Tiana from "The Princess and the Frog" (She actually has a Disney Princess tent that she had gotten for her birthday that has every single Disney Princess on it...except Tiana! They even had Rapunzel from "Tangled" on there! I would have never had bought that for her). I do this because I want her to know that this is not just a White world--there are many different people on this Earth, and diversity is important for this reason. I also want to expose her to people who look like her.
Growing up, I was not exposed to any outside role-models that looked like me, and I do not want that to happen to her. It honestly made me feel like everything White was good and everything Black was bad or insignificant (I was very racially-aware at a young age, without prompting from my parents).
I am also disappointed in Black shows that lack diversity, and won't watch those, either.
Do you think that diversity in television programming is important?
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