21-12-2003, 16:22
The Issue
The Spartan States's TV soaps--famous around the region--have come under fire for their lack of ethnic diversity.
The Debate
"Every night my family and I sit down to watch 'The Brash and the Backstabbing'," says Randy Silk. "But where are the Liliputians like myself? Where are the Bigtopians? The Marche Noirians? People from those cultures can be just as brash and backstabbing, but we never see them on the screen. The government must act to remove this silent apartheid from our TV screens."
[Accept]
"Those Liliputians don't know how good they have it," says Falala Chicago, spokesperson for the Tasmanians Against Ethnic Stereotyping. "Tasmanians are on television all the time, but always in crude, stereotypical roles. The answer is not to enforce ethnic quotas, but to award government prizes for the positive portrayal of minorities. That'll work better, and be cheaper, too."
This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.
"The government should do what now?" says TV studio executive Naki Hamilton. "You've got to be kidding. We make soaps here, not documentaries. I should be able to put whichever characters I want into my shows. Quotas! Government prizes! God save me! Hasn't the government got anything better to do? Why don't they just back off and let society work out these things on its own?"
I'm going to adopt option 2, but which one will improve my economy? Which one will decrease Civil Rights? I'm trying to become a Corporate Bordello, and I accidentally became a Civil Rights Lovefest, so this is why I have come to the forums. :D I just need a response before this issue is passed! :shock:
The Spartan States's TV soaps--famous around the region--have come under fire for their lack of ethnic diversity.
The Debate
"Every night my family and I sit down to watch 'The Brash and the Backstabbing'," says Randy Silk. "But where are the Liliputians like myself? Where are the Bigtopians? The Marche Noirians? People from those cultures can be just as brash and backstabbing, but we never see them on the screen. The government must act to remove this silent apartheid from our TV screens."
[Accept]
"Those Liliputians don't know how good they have it," says Falala Chicago, spokesperson for the Tasmanians Against Ethnic Stereotyping. "Tasmanians are on television all the time, but always in crude, stereotypical roles. The answer is not to enforce ethnic quotas, but to award government prizes for the positive portrayal of minorities. That'll work better, and be cheaper, too."
This is the position your government is preparing to adopt.
"The government should do what now?" says TV studio executive Naki Hamilton. "You've got to be kidding. We make soaps here, not documentaries. I should be able to put whichever characters I want into my shows. Quotas! Government prizes! God save me! Hasn't the government got anything better to do? Why don't they just back off and let society work out these things on its own?"
I'm going to adopt option 2, but which one will improve my economy? Which one will decrease Civil Rights? I'm trying to become a Corporate Bordello, and I accidentally became a Civil Rights Lovefest, so this is why I have come to the forums. :D I just need a response before this issue is passed! :shock: