#British tv did well in some cases but others gotta catch up fr

[vierrel41n]

Hi guys this isn’t really one of my usual posts but there‘a smth I wanna talk about when it comes to representation in regards to black people in tv shows and movies. These r just my own thoughts as a Nigerian person so don’t grill me lol

Anyways when it comes to black characters in western media me myself I don’t feel especially represented. I don’t know how to describe it but western media usually just represents them with African Americans. Not that that’s bad but just me personally I have like zero in common with them other than the fact that we’re both black. What I really want to see is more diverse black cultures! Like I’m Nigerian! Also Black British so there’s that.

The only times I see like other African cultures being shown in western media if it’s some guy travelling to some small village in the deserts of idk somewhere and it’s like the worst rep ever 😭. They always portray them as poor or uncivilized. And while it’s true these villages exist, the portrayal is insane!!! I remember a movie I watched when I was younger I can’t exactly remember the name. This European adventurer guy went to some country in Africa(and of course it was a generalized caricature of what an African country is actually like) and like all the people in the villages were like spear carrying ritual performing people. Of course at the time I was a kid but thinking back on it it was like 😕

Anyways my main point is I don’t just want to see only one kind of black person on TV I don’t feel represented just because we have the same skin colour. I want to see more cultures and not just some generalized stereotype or caricature of what we are. And a better understanding of what village life is like fr fr. I’m planning on making a longer post about this specific thing like people’s perception of Africa. Like ‘mud huts’ and the whole ‘having no shoes’ thing because it annoys me so much 😭😭😭

Sorry I just wanted to talk about this. Also sorry if I worded anything weirdly I’m running on 2.5 hours of sleep. Church today was fire tho 👍🏾