The Reputation of Black Culture in the Media

Hi it's Kayla! After seeing a preview for Tyler Perry's newest movie "Madea Big Happy Family" I wanted to discuss the reputation of Black culture in the media. I don't know about the rest of the Black culture but there isn't a "Madea" or any of her kind in my family. In my opinion I feel that Tyler Perry does a poor job of representing the black culture well. I believe and hope his intentions are good, but I find it hard to believe that "Madeas" existed in most African Americans families. I love how all of Tyler Perry movies with exception to For Color Girls end in a fairy tale ending. REALITY is that's not how life is! His movies delivers a good message in most of them, but the representation and depictions of the African American culture are all screwed up! I'm not bashing Tyler Perry there are a list of others, such as musicians and reality stars that does the same exact thing. I hope that people are smart enough to know that it's just television and not to buy into the stereotypes.