Soaps like Neighbours and Home and Away don't show racial diversity, says academic

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So why are they worried about giving the "wrong impression"? Sounds like it's not a wrong impression after all.

No Aboriginals live in those areas. So why would they throw them in for the sake of it.

Because if you can have storylines about gangsters kidnapping your family for ransom, or characters who disappear and resurface years later with amnesia (these things probably don't happen in the burbs much either) having a more diverse cast of characters is mild in comparison.

[Jenn! 918]

I was joking! Hence the . Mark said black characters in friends, specifically, and you responded about an Asian character.

okie dokie...

alrighty roo

[Sister Fracas 5]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too. I still haven't figured out where the speakers are hidden so I can turn off that god-awful sentimental soundtrack

[mawilson 2,133]

So why are they worried about giving the "wrong impression"? Sounds like it's not a wrong impression after all.

No Aboriginals live in those areas. So why would they throw them in for the sake of it.

Because if you can have storylines about gangsters kidnapping your family for ransom, or characters who disappear and resurface years later with amnesia (these things probably don't happen in the burbs much either) having a more diverse cast of characters is mild in comparison.

Are you saying Harold Bishop is not real?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too.... but with ugly people

[HAL 9000 96]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too. I still haven't figured out where the speakers are hidden so I can turn off that god-awful sentimental soundtrack

My life is like the Truman Show.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too. I still haven't figured out where the speakers are hidden so I can turn off that god-awful sentimental soundtrack

My life is like the Truman Show.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too. I still haven't figured out where the speakers are hidden so I can turn off that god-awful sentimental soundtrack

My life is like the Truman Show.

Yeah I almost got hit on the head the other day by a spotlight that curiously fell out of a clear sky...

[Marilyn. 340]

I could be wrong - but I don't recall any black characters in Neighbours. Period.

Even the criminals were white.

I don't recall any black characters in Friends, either - and New York is slightly more diverse than Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia.

There was the Asian lady Ross almost married....until he called her by Rachel's name at their wedding...

in season 7 there was an episode where Ross and Joey were both dating the same black woman (Gabrielle Union) and then I think in season 8 or 9 Ross dated a black woman (Aisha Tyler) for awhlie... but other then that I don't think there were any other black people on the show...

oh and on Seinfeld I remember the one black guy, I think he played a lawyer or something... he was in a few episodes

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I could be wrong - but I don't recall any black characters in Neighbours. Period.

Even the criminals were white.

I don't recall any black characters in Friends, either - and New York is slightly more diverse than Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia.

There was the Asian lady Ross almost married....until he called her by Rachel's name at their wedding...

in season 7 there was an episode where Ross and Joey were both dating the same black woman (Gabrielle Union) and then I think in season 8 or 9 Ross dated a black woman (Aisha Tyler) for awhlie... but other then that I don't think there were any other black people on the show...

oh and on Seinfeld I remember the one black guy, I think he played a lawyer or something... he was in a few episodes

Kramer's Lawyer!!!!!

[HAL 9000 96]

Soaps generally don't represent reality anyway.

Bingo

My life is JUST like General Hospital....

Mine too. I still haven't figured out where the speakers are hidden so I can turn off that god-awful sentimental soundtrack

My life is like the Truman Show.

Yeah I almost got hit on the head the other day by a spotlight that curiously fell out of a clear sky...

I will have to ask the producers to check the lighting folks. Make sure they're not abusing union privilege you know.

[Peikko 1,575]

Mine's more like an epsiode of Bilko...

I could be wrong - but I don't recall any black characters in Neighbours. Period.

Even the criminals were white.

I don't recall any black characters in Friends, either - and New York is slightly more diverse than Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia.

There was the Asian lady Ross almost married....until he called her by Rachel's name at their wedding...

in season 7 there was an episode where Ross and Joey were both dating the same black woman (Gabrielle Union) and then I think in season 8 or 9 Ross dated a black woman (Aisha Tyler) for awhlie... but other then that I don't think there were any other black people on the show...

oh and on Seinfeld I remember the one black guy, I think he played a lawyer or something... he was in a few episodes

Kramer's Lawyer!!!!!

Also, the episode where George had to have a 'black' friend for some reason or another...very bizarre.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I think my life resembles....

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Mine's more like an epsiode of Bilko...

I could be wrong - but I don't recall any black characters in Neighbours. Period.

Even the criminals were white.

I don't recall any black characters in Friends, either - and New York is slightly more diverse than Ramsay Street in Erinsborough, Australia.

There was the Asian lady Ross almost married....until he called her by Rachel's name at their wedding...

in season 7 there was an episode where Ross and Joey were both dating the same black woman (Gabrielle Union) and then I think in season 8 or 9 Ross dated a black woman (Aisha Tyler) for awhlie... but other then that I don't think there were any other black people on the show...

oh and on Seinfeld I remember the one black guy, I think he played a lawyer or something... he was in a few episodes

Kramer's Lawyer!!!!!

Also, the episode where George had to have a 'black' friend for some reason or another...very bizarre.

The lawyer was based on Johnny Cochrane.

They also had the runner from Africa who was in two episodes.