I think that they should portray black people with a very light colored background. Otherwise, they are very hard to see. Unless they are smiling ;)

They now try to have at least one of us on it now but normally they can't see us because of those dark advertisement area.

Our society is filled with a bunch of whiny brats. People are getting too used to complaining. Not only would blacks get offended by a black being portrayed negatively, but I wouldn't be suprised if a bunch of whites bitched about it too.

I get what you're saying. I can't really give a complete opinion about this because I'm not from the U.S. and I haven't watched television in about two years now.

Now, I do believe that Black people should be portrayed in negative roles if the case is that they are almost never being portrayed negatively. I do not believe, however, that race relations have progressed enough to begin to show Black people negatively in a near equal amount to White people. Racism towards Black people is still alive and well in the United States. I can't 100% vouch for my opinion since I don't live there and I don't experience racism toward Black people in my country, but the Paula Deen thing has tested inter-racial relations. I'd say that about half of the people would support Paula Deen not because the food network channel stripped her of all associations with them, but because they don't think that what she said and how she allegedly acted was wrong. If a White person is portrayed as a burglar on television, people will shrug it off as "just a commercial". If a Black person is portrayed as a burglar, it will help to deepen a lot of White people's fears about Black people. Again, this is coming from someone who doesn't watch television.

Okay, if you can figure out what in the hell I was trying to say then leave an opinion....

I believe that we are all one human race, but Cauasiocentrism is unfair IMHO. Good question, Hellno.