Thomas Heald, Esquire <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a question for you ... name a show (sitcom or drama) currently on > the air on network television with a Native American cast member (and/or > playing someone for whom being a Native American is is relevant part of > their character.)
At least two major supporting characters on "King of the Hill" fit that bill (John Redcorn and Dale Gribble Jr.). On cable you have Bobby Stillwater on TNT's "Saving Grace" and I doubt he's the only one. (I don't watch every show on cable.) I'll admit that you're more likely to find an Indian on network TV (ER, Big Bang Theory, House, Numb3rs, Chuck, Heroes) than a Native American but these things go in waves. Last season Adam Beach's Detective Lake on Law & Order: SVU was Native American and it was an important part of his character. Wikipedia says that Native American and Alaskan Natives make up just 0.68% of the population as a whole. With Hispanics at 14.8% of the population and also largely invisible on TV (Ugly Betty, plus supporting roles on The Unit, Chuck, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, and one of the nurses on ER) there are likely other groups in more dire need of proper representation on network television. -- Ed Dravecky III http://www.fencon.org/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
