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Prime Time Whitewash
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Popular television shows such as ABC’s “Two Guys and a Girl” too often have casts which lack meaningful diversity for children of color. Image from abc.com.
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Lack of diversity on TV affects children’s perceptions
By Janet Ng
Parents often see their kids planted on the couch, blurry eyes and blank faces bathed in the white light of their television. It may look like they aren’t paying attention to the color images flashing across the screen. But according to a new report, children, in fact, are bombarded with indirect messages every time they turn on the TV.
Children Now, a child advocacy organization, which recently released Fall Colors: Prime Time Diversity Report 2000-01, draws attention to the lack of minorities in primetime television and its effect on youth.
“Television tells [children] who’s important and who’s not,” said Patti Miller, Children Now’s Director of the Children and Media Program. “Youth watch the most television, and they look for esteem, recognition, and respect.”
“When I watch [TV]…I want to be like them,” Sekope said, a 9-year-old at Plugged-In, a media center for kids in East Palo Alto, Calif.
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