Yes, it's a bit of a spin down the ol' cable dial to find TV One (though it's on second level packages on DirecTV and Comcast), but it's still out there. They have an original series called "Belle's" about "an upscale Atlanta soul-food restaurant owned and operated by the widowed, patriarch Big Bill Cooper." They had an episode involving one of the daughters of the lead character finding and dating an atheist. They treated it with the level of sensitivity one might find in an Amos & Andy episode.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/02/25/on-black-sitcom-atheist-character-is-undateable/ I have more than enough family and friends who are either atheists or very close enough to it. I'm well aware this country is so fucked up when it comes to religion that even trying to have an adult conversation about it is probably the least likely thing to happen. And I'm also aware the African-American community* (for which this network targets: as I type this, they're in the middle of a three-hour morning Martin marathon) are quickly becoming possibly the biggest bunch of hypocrites when it comes to other groups that don't match their belief system (see: LGBTQ rights). * I choose that word deliberately, because I'm very well aware that not all see things that way, but perhaps those that don't should politely tell their leadership to cork it. That said: wow. The end lesson is that atheists are so horrible that they deserved to be shunned like a disfellowed Jehovah's Witness. Replace that with almost any religious or ethnic group or sexual orientation, and you'd have an old-fashioned media circus on your hands. But atheism remains the always-available whipping boy. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
