ABC pilot will showcase multi-cultural "21st century family"

 

What is a 21st century family, according to ABC? It has "a multi-ethnic mix of foster and biological kids."

Fallout from Lowe's fiasco: Time to ask, what is "all-American"?

Lowe’s has rebuffed a 200,000-signature petition to reinstate ads on the new reality television series All-American Muslim on The Learning Channel.

What can be learned from the Lowe's "All American" fiasco

Yes, it can rightly be called a media/PR fiasco. But the good thing is, it can be a teaching moment for the company, for other companies, and for Americans generally. If everyone agrees that they want to learn.

You may have heard what happened. Here's a recap: 

The South on TV: white, redneck, and stuck in the past

As we have reported here, the South is becoming very diverse. Racially, there has been a huge influx of Latinos in the last decade according to the Census (and there has been a backlash in places like Alabama). And there are plenty of moderate and progressive Southerners, who are not xenophobic, dumb, redneck-y, or otherwise odious buffoons.

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