Netflix: The New Segregation In Entertainment?

[Pioneer1]

I've been noticing a trend over the past decade of how so many AfroAmerican movies and television shows debut on Netflix as opposed to the major theaters and broadcasting channels now.

This reminds me of how as a kid all of the major television networks like NBC, ABC, and CBS featured Black television shows and movies not only through out the day but also in primetime.  Then starting around the mid-90s they started systematically taking Black television shows and movies and "relocating" them to networks like UPN and the CW channel.
And then moved  many of them off completely.

It's getting to the point that every time I see an article about a new Black television show, I start skimming over the words until I see "Netflix" in the article because I know that's where I'll have to go if I want to see it.

Yet at the same time Latinos have 2 major television networks (Univision and Telemundo) that Latinos from one end of the United States to the other can sit down and freely enjoy watching without passwords, fees, or subscriptions.

 

 

[ProfD]

BET, OWN, TV One & Bounce to name a few could host Black content

 

Same goes for movie theaters if Magic Johnson is still in that business. 

 

No need to wait or rely on broadcast or cable TV or a streaming platformed to host Black TV shows & movies.

 

There is room for more outlets even if it means .establishing a new streaming platform.