Or any other race other then Caucasian? Ha
I recently started watching BM on antenna tv from season 5 and it's freakin amazing how every criminal is white, haha. I haven't seen the first four seasons since the 1970s so I could be wrong but if I'm right I have to say that is the absolutely amazing.
Btw I think I saw a black hooker get arrested, not 100% on that.
And the black nerd from revenge of the nerds got arrested.
Yes, there were a number of perps of other races arrested throughout the run of the series.
There were more black and latino arrests, as I recall, in the earlier seasons.
No offense, I don't mean to rain on your orgy of self-amazement-- but you're as wrong as two left shoes.
The 12th Precinct holding cell was a multicultural, equal opportunity facility.
I'm wrong? hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
it must be the first few seasons because the last 3 seasons that I've watched recently has been a white white collar crime celebration.
Which seasons were those? And you must be watching episodes pretty selectively looking for this (which wouldn't surprise me).
shareI know that some commenters like to stir up the, er, stuff by claiming to spot racial/ethnic biases in TV series. IIRC, every so often on the "Seinfeld" board somebody dramatically insists that the production team was bigoted/racist.
I'm not going to get suckered into counting up the racial/ethnic breakdown of all the people hauled into the 12th Precinct-- or, for that matter, in the squad's rare "location" visits to a condemned building with a multi-ethnic group of desperate residents, and Chinatown.
The pilot, and "Ramon"-- the series' first episode based on the pilot-- involved Barney in a standoff with petty criminal Ramon Santos (Chu Chu Malave). This settles the "Latino" question.
The OP complicates the question by specifying "Caucasians", so I don't know how that squares with "... or Latinos" in the title question-- maybe this means "non-Caucasian Latinos", ya think?
I think it's just a roundabout way of implying that African-Americans were underrepresented in that series-- the same drive-by race-baiting found on the "Seinfeld" (etc.) threads.
Alternatively, imagine what complaints and criticisms the show would've gotten during its run if it had featured a preponderance of non-Caucasian perps. Talk about a no-win situation!
A better question would be: How many trolls did they arrest during the series’ run?
shareOK I'm wrong, season 8 actually has one yes one episode dedicated to latino's and American indians. We even see a latino maintenance man. WOOHOO!!!
Settles the latino question? hahahahahaha. Dude, have you ever been to NYC?
Yeah, you're wrong. You're also trolling.
shareDid you ever watch Barney Miller? It had a multiracial cast.
sharewatching season 1 and it was totally day and night from seasons 4-8. Like so many other shows on TV during the mid 70's it's absolutely amazing how popular blacks and hispanics are on TV yet when we get closer to the 80's they seem to disappear.
And even though BM was crowded(good idea getting rid of the wife) it was so full of life with so many great characters that really clicked with each other. Sierra and Abe Vigoda, what the hell were you guys thinking?!!!
Now I'm confused. Is the OP complaining that a sitcom is under-representing minorities as criminal characters? Is it that not enough "non-white" actors/actresses were hired for the show, or that it was unrealistic to not have more black and Hispanic criminals shown? As other posters have pointed out, the cast was multi-racial throughout the series. Even if this were' the case - if not one black or Hispanic criminal appeared in the series - what would be the problem??
shareDon't forget the escape artist they arrested, AND the trumpet player.
share