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Getting beyond the euphoria of skin color

Many times I have agonized about how quality black actors on television had been displaced by simple black images. The power-that-be finally decided to give us more black faces. But, I hope that black people should understand that power transcends black skin color. Not all actors who 'get paid' are concerned about making history as the viewers. In fact many, not to mention Bill Cosby, turn out to be antagonists to the black community--the same community who have helped to ensure their place on the tube and in life. Or, these actors may look black on the tube, but their private lives may reveal that they prefer white over black. Just like Kennedy's reign was suppose to be one as Camelot but instead turned in to a horror story, we may be recycling that same Camelot illusion--not wanting to call it like it is. We are then allowing for history to repeat itself with no accountability. This in itself explains why emotional outbreaks are not necessarily accountable for real l