More NAACP Mau-Mauing About Lack of Diversity on TV

I see white people

Lack of diversity, of course, meaning they want to see more black people, just for the sake of it. But that's not racist, of course.

Here's a suggestion for these racial grievance-mongers: Just put on any news channel and you'll see endless fawning and sucking up to a black guy. Well, he's half black, and if you haven't noticed, he's the King President-elect.

Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a "virtual whiteout" in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have stalled in their efforts to further ethnic diversity on-screen and off.

Television shows of the future could be even less inclusive because of a failure to cultivate young minority stars and to bring minorities into decision-making positions, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said.

The effect on the country could be profound, Jealous said.

"This is America: So goes TV, so goes reality. We don't think it's any accident that before we had a black president in reality, we had a black president on TV," he said, referring to the chief executive portrayed by Dennis Haysbert on Fox's "24."

Not only that, but his little brother Wayne also became president, so there.

A "critical lack of programming by, for or about people of color" can be traced in part to the lack of minorities who have the power to approve new series or make final creative decisions, said Vicangelo Bulluck, executive director of NAACP's Hollywood bureau.

Oh, sorry about calling them black. My bad. People of color. Forgot about that one.