I tuned in as I was hoping for something to replace Stars Hollow from The Gilmore Girls but I guess it was too much to hope for. Seriously though, I haven't seen one person of colour or even different body types. Did they cast this show from a Sears catalogue from the 60's? ? ?
shareThere's a black deputy sheriff in episode 2 (that's all I've watched, so far).
shareHow many minorities did you see in Gilmore Girls? The only one that was shown consistently was Lane's family and Michel.
shareHow many times do notice the token minorities in a show, picture etc. just to be politically correct?
shareI live in a small town in rural midlands in the uk, we have no black families and one asian family. Sometimes real life just isn't politically correct and tv has to show that too.
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You're right. The same is in our village (no blacks/asians). Just one Spanish/latino guy.
I've only seen bits of this show from time to time but my impression was that Cedar Cove looks like a small New England coastal town (I remember there being a lighthouse? I suppose it could be on the West Coast too...). Nevertheless, these sorts of small homogenous communities really do exist in the US and there are far more of them than people might think. I know b/c I grew up in one and was the ONLY minority at my school. The experience was surprisingly okay because my parents were so afraid that I'd get bullied or teased in school and they'd constantly remind me to be prepared to be ostracized, but since I was so unique, most of the kids ended up being really interested in me and everyone was really friendly and inclusive. It was quite strange b/c in 2nd grade, a gorgeous blonde/blue eyed girl from Finland moved to our town and oddly enough, kids would shun her and she ended up playing by herself a lot.
shareI lived in a small town....near it....and where I went to highschool....lol..in midland Ontario.....there was one black, I didnt' really know her, one Asian....she moved I think after grade 10.....and one jewish boy......other then that....
we did have natives though.......
but, living in rural Ontario.....there aren't a lot of blacks, or others out there...so I get that...
now what bugs me is if a show is set in the city...say...why isnt' there more diversity........there hardly ever is.....
just look at any one given show.....
in the US......
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@ suzan28: You've got it in a nutshell. I agree too about cities; they ARE very diverse, I know because I grew up in London and now live in a rural village in the Midlands of the UK. The former was extremely multi-cultural and diverse and the latter is very singular and we have one Chinese family in the village, they run the local chinese takeaway (very good food and so very popular). It's just the way it is and so I think that shows/films should reflect this reality - rather than PC version. A city that was all whites is unlikely so shouldn't happen - anything else is fair enough. But that's just MPO.
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Chinese family in the village, they run the local chinese takeaway (very good food and so very popular). It's just the way it is and so I think that shows/films should reflect this reality - rather than PC version. A city that was all whites is unlikely so shouldn't happen - anything else is fair enough. But that's just MPO
the girl that I knew in grade 10......I think that she was from tiwan....at least her family was......but they moved after that...her father was a big wig at the car production company in the town..or did they make tvs, can't remember.....yeah...they made TV's.....so when the plant closed, he got transferred...
and there was one black girl that I knew about......I wasn't in the same classes with her...
not sure if my nieces had any blacks when they went to highschool there, either, in the neighbouring town....
see my recent post...lol..forgot I posted this
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I live in a small town in rural midlands in the uk, we have no black families and one asian family. Sometimes real life just isn't politically correct and tv has to show that too.
I used to go to school in midland Ontario....and it was the same...most of the minorities are in the big cities....and not the small towns...oh yes.....there are a few...but not like the big cities....and at times being white...I often feel like I'm the minority....living in the most or one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world....
so if the show as to take place in NY or maybe LA...maybe I'd say something...but a small town, I kind of agree....there aren't that many around...
but then again...it's not on mainstream tve that much either
look at the shows that are on now......one person I think on each of the Chicago shows is black or Hispanic...and that's all...why...
a lot of the cable shows....why aren't the major lawyers black....they are minor ones...at that....
or an indian...they are all in supporting roles..but hey at least indian Indians are being played...I'd really like to know where the native americans are in any of the shows...
susan
I completely agree - the cities in shows really do need a more culturally diverse to reflect how most cities globally. However, as you say when you get more rural/remote coastal then you find that people just don't move about that much and newcomers don't come in that often.
We have residents in our village that can trace their family back, in the area, to the medieval era; I haven't even got a clue how many generations that is. They also tell me that the furthest a lot of them have been (in relation to our village) has been Llandudno or Rhyl in Wales or Skegness in Yorkshire. One elderly lady is considered quite the globetrotter because she had her honeymoon in Cornwall (Truro)in the 1950s!
When you face that kind of local person in rural/remote coastal areas - and this is the same the world over I'm sure - you can see why most of us who live in these areas can't understand why many liberals want to make the fictitious villages/remote coastal areas into minature cities. It's the LAST thing those of us living there want - we LOVE our villages and small coastal towns. So do the few ethnic families who live with us.
To them they're living in an idyllic situation, and we all get along very well because there's no idiot trying to force everyone to follow 'diversity guidelines' instead of us all just mucking in together. Just in the past month we've got an asian family move into the area and they've slotted in very well.
I think we need to stop trying to label everyone and stop trying to shove people into little boxes just so that certain groups can feel good about themselves.
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This is a recent occurrence. Although the British used indians as the middle men in their administration and other lower class to do the menial jobs, none of the Indians were allowed to influence society and this includes acting and such. I remember this because there was one who was in the first star trek movie and that was pretty much the only role she got in hollywood. She moved back to india and died there. Generally we dont look at the deeper meaning to things but if you look in medicine and engineering and even management, indians are and have been represented equally.. But not in scientific or acting or writing... because those will influence society. In the old days lots of british would accept awards for discoveries actually done by their colleagues who were indians. But then again we never hear of chinese even though they had actually been the pioneers in many areas. Even now although the chinese are the largest publishers of scientific papers we rarely hear of anything good. I know whites generally had a good opinion of indians even though they never considered them equals or anything, I used to wonder about that. I suppose the good opinion was that they could carry our orders and were reliable unlike many others like africans or chinese who were not looked upon favorably. So in movies indians were totally out as they could nto be shown as the "masta", while the rest were the masses of slaves who did the work. Like magic the work got done and the slaves kept in line.
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shareCedar Cove illustrates one of a long list of the 'whitest' towns in America. This is a highly segregated country. I've lived and visited many towns in America without seeing another black for weeks at a time. Segregation is reality in America.
shareYeah but unlike years ago it's a choice now. It's not like black people can't live in those towns they just choose not to.
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A few families who have been run out of towns and threatened for being 'the wrong color' may like to have a word with you about that.
shareYeah I'd like to meet some of these families, that everyone says exists but doesn't seem to know. I've never actually heard of anyone being "run out of town and threatened" so sorry but nice try getting your point across but it's obviously false proof.
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It's much less overt these days in most parts of the country. With the advent of the internet culture and smartphones, everyone's connected to everyone else everywhere else. I wouldn't say that racism and hatred no longer exist, but for the most part, it's become less acceptable to be open about it. In the early 90s I drove cross-country on my own (I am not white), and because I resemble a Native American, I met with lots of hostility in the Midwest (both North AND South), and in the deep south parts of Florida. I stopped at a Citgo station to gas up my car, it was already dark, and some redneck came out of the storefront with a shotgun in his hands and watched me pump the gas. I went inside, paid up, and asked the cashier where the rest room was. She hesitated, and finally told me it was in the back, but it would cost me a dime to use it. There was a little wooden bowl outside the rest room with a dime in it, and I just ignored it. So yeah, I had the feeling I was being "run out of town," and that that wasn't a place I'd want to live. Like, EVER. But that was over 20 years ago. It's just not so in-your-face any more.
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A few families who have been run out of towns and threatened for being 'the wrong color' may like to have a word with you about that.
raven I was going to say the same thing...while they live in the bigger cities....all over north America and the world....are they really in the smaller towns and villages...
I beg to differ...
susan
oh brother!
shareYou should check out such small towns in real life. They're usually very cohesive and you won't find a lot of different skin colors in them. That's simply how reality is.
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Someone has fallen victim to the hypocrisy of political correctness. Do you say the same thing about TV shows with all black or asian casts? There are even award shows specifically for people of color. Does that bother you, too? There are neighborhoods, towns and whole cities that are made up of an overwhelming majority of people of color and different ethnicities. Do you ask where the whites are then? Why weren't there any Japanese people on Gilmore Girls?
The list of ridiculous questions is endless. Take a show for what it is. Like it or don't but keep political correctness out of it. It's fiction. If you want reality, watch the news.
I agree with you entirely with one small exception. You say "Someone has fallen victim to the hypocrisy of political correctness." From my perspective, after reading most of these posts, a lot of people have.
shareI so agree with you. Never thought in terms of races or minorities, for me people are people no matter what colour, sexual orientation or relligion they have, but when I read silly accusations like the above I just wonder why people are looking at the series? For the story? Or to count how many people of that category or the other appear in the movie?
It has become a cliche in almost all the American movies. There has to be always at least one black person in a leadership position, then it comes the gay pair, then there is always the Jew, who has to mention several times during the movie, because, obviously, the Jewish relligion is not so obvious in features.
Funny though, if we go on this slope, the muslims don't get there, unless they are the bad guys, those one who always plot to kill or blow up something. And the people from ex-communistic Europe are always the heartless criminals / trafficants / memebers of a kind or another of mafia. Romania is always gymnastics or Dracula, Russia only mafia or post brides and so on. And still, no one complains of that. It is always about the ... racism.
Personal frustration, maybe?!
And you know what? "People of color" are the only people who keep bringing up the topic of skin color. I too am sick and tired of being accused of as being a "RAAAA-CIST" because I happen to be white. I don't really think of people as being white-black-brown-yellow-red-whatever, but then I am reminded of their color because apparently for "some" people of color, that's ALL they think about! Maybe they should get the massive chip off their shoulders and stop bringing up the topic of skin color. Political correctness has absolutely destroyed this country!
sharethe muslims don't get there, unless they are the bad guys, those one who always plot to kill or blow up something. And the people from ex-communistic Europe are always the heartless criminals / trafficants / memebers of a kind or another of mafia. Romania is always gymnastics or Dracula, Russia only mafia or post brides and so on. And still, no one complains of that. It is always about the ... racism.
same with native americans....when has one ever been in a leadership position......if you want that, you have to come to Canadian tv.....and all the natives that were on a tv show of any kind were all imported...mostly from us....one show that I know of there was a native character on it...he was still supposed to be on the show...but they gave him such a bad story, turning him into a killer in the end that he was gone in year one...when he had a 2 year contract...with the option to renew after 2 years and up to 6 years...the show is still on tv....yet....
natives are very much in the news here, because of various topics...including what was done to them in residential school......I've heard some what happened to them in Australia as well...what about the US....
susan
I think it's realistic to be honest. In real life, towns aren't politically correct. But if you do want to watch a show that features a small town that has a little diversity I say watch Hart Of Dixie but I think this coming season is the last for that show.
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I think it's realistic to be honest. In real life, towns aren't politically correct. But if you do want to watch a show that features a small town that has a little diversity I say watch Hart Of Dixie but I think this coming season is the last for that show.
and sadly I didn't even get to see it, because no Canadian network picked it up
but in reality that is south...so most places would be like that...half white, half black....but really how many were in the cast, besides the mayor...and who he was dating...who else was there..
and to my understanding, I'm not sure if cedar cove is supposed to be in the west or east....but I do know that in western canadas, there are quite a few Asians......and I'm assuming that in the US as well...
does SF have the original china town....
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It is really white. I do notice they mix up the extras in scenes. You see all races in those group scenes. They need to add some other races as main cast characters. This show reminds me of Eureka for some reason without the sci fi elements.
shareI find the show refreshing. Do we really need ebonics, rap, baby-daddy welfare families mucking up a show. We see enough of that on every other show on the tube, making most unwatchable.
Enjoy a show where there's not a bunch of illegitimacy, drug slinging, and violence.
People are sick and tired of tv shows being about the lowest common denominator and the shallow end of the gene pool.
Why does every idiot want to black up everything just so its worse?
The show is filmed in Victoria, British Columbia, which has a combined minority population of less than 12%.
"The show is filmed in Victoria, British Columbia, which has a combined minority population of less than 12%. "
Seriously, who gives a sh**?
Apparently the OP and many other PC Brigade acolytes.....
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Well they can FO too. Tired of everything being messed up by the scum of the earth. Don't want to watch them too.
shareWith you on that one; I am truly sick to death of the 'thought police' telling me what to think, say and where..... ]😠
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I find the show refreshing. Do we really need ebonics, rap, baby-daddy welfare families mucking up a show. We see enough of that on every other show on the tube, making most unwatchable.
why do they need to be that way....why can't they be doctors and lawyers and business people instead...
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Now that was just racist as hell....
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It looks like the town I grew up in.
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