Study: Blacks on TV Are Segregated

By Azad February 26, 2000 1:50 AM

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LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Black characters on TV tend to be segregated in certain sitcoms and on fledgling networks UPN and WB, according to a Screen Actors Guild study released this week.?Conducted by University of Southern California sociology professor Darnell Hunt, the study examined all comedy and drama series that aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the two newer networks during five weeks in 1999.?The report was released Thursday, shortly after the NAACP and other civil rights groups wrapped up agreements with the four major networks to commit to more ethnically diverse programming and hiring.?A nearly all-white slate of fall 1999 new series prompted the groups to act.?Hunt said his findings were important because the way TV includes or excludes groups of people reflects "unresolved questions about power imbalances in our society." Read more.

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