Master of None Just like almost everyone who has internet at home or unlimited data on their cell phone.Will eventually download Netflix and binge watch on shows and movies.One of showson Netflix that caught my attention was Master of None which is an american drama web tv series that was created by Aziz Ansar and Alan Yang.Majority of the episodes in this show has Aziz Ansari is the main character named Dev and he really makes the episodes on this show hit home in some ways for some..To a point that are really relatable to the issue of racism, representation and diversity.In the episode “Indians On Tv” that is a good 31 minutes long shows Aziz character deal with these issues.A …show more content…
Diversity and representation of Indians and Asians on television in general are lacking to the point where it feels that it's not even a big deal to be considered a problem.In a study done by USC they conclude that not only does Hollywood have a major problem in diversirty and representation in films but its real problem eveywhere.In tv shows and in some films they show they had less than one percent American Indian speaking characters.The Indians we do get to see in shows or movies big screen or those undertted movies shown at Sundance the movie festival .Are usually stereotypical Indian or asian men who are meant to be seen as timid,not really life threatening ,mostly used to be the funny guy with an accent and their ways.What i like about the episode is how it destroys the "there can't be two" principle.In the episode Dev, Ravi, and Ravi's friend talk about the problem of Indian stereotypes such as gas station attendants,cab drivers, owners of Indian restaurant who you really see in real …show more content…
But when have you read that whites have been enslaved or forced to isolate themselves from a colony,state or country.Every other race has been through this or something similar on some scale. They do not face discrimination while getting a job or working it,they do not face housing discrimination when they want to purchase a home. The news is always talking about about a black man getting killed by a cop at least a couple times in a we.When a woman of color isn't able to get some type of help yet she works two jobs,doesn't do drugs and meet the requirements.Yet we have white color woman whose has a bad record, no job and still manages is to get some type of help knowing they don't fit the requirements. This isn't me saying the don't experience these things like poverty or getting arrested because they do ever on the same scale as one who is colored.They have the upper hand because the system is surrounded by them not against