Reply #17: Actions of a few defining a community????

[fortyfeetunder]

but the questions I want to hear answered when I read this broadcat is -- is Cosby and Poussaint trying to present an archetype or a stereotype of the African American community? And do they make the distinction these are actions of a few but not definitive of the entire community?

What bothers me hearing more about the social ills in the African American community and paying little to no attention to the good works being done in the community. And the negative actions of a few "seem" to define the entire community.

I am not denying there are problems among individuals in the community. But when these negative characterists remain the predominant subject in the mainstream media, it reinforces and perpetuates stereotypes about the African American community.