From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:16:07 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

In a weird coincidence, I've been re-watching early seasons of House M.D. >First season especially, conflict between House and Foreman often led to >Foreman accusing House of racism, wink wink nudge nudge at the viewers
as the script was literally throwing "Network notes forced us to cast a
black character from the ghetto in the main cast" tv trope in the
viewer's face.

Why is there a necessity that the black character be "from the
ghetto"? It's not as if the ghetto is nearly the core of the Amercan
black community that it used to be.
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