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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lmao... you're on saidit and you don't even wanna say "black", that's pretty weird. To take your UK example, it seems rather obvious why blacks would stand out more in people's heads than south asians. South asian culture is hella boring compared to blacks... we watch media for interesting stories, so blacks will obviously have more interesting stories than south asians with all their violence and criminal behavior. It's not the media's job to teach people the ethnic proportions of a place, so i'm sorry but it's silly to think that would ever ever be good source of information for that.

[–]Wahwah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I prefer African-descent, European-descent etc. when referring to ethnic distinctions. Just my personal preference. Well, these shows have very little to do with the cultures of the said ethnicity's origin countries, but rather the culture of the country of show's origin e.g. British. Yes, it is not the source of information for ethnic representation but pop-culture does create an impression in a typical consumer's mind regardless of if they are interested in the demographics of nations or not.