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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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7 July 2005 - 9:36 am
It is, I think, fairly uncommon to find a reality TV show that manages to violate the Fair Housing Act of 1964 (a bill intended to ensure that people of all races are given equal access to housing), but ABC managed to pull it off with their recently scrapped "Welcome to the Neighborhood." In "Neighborhood," three (white, Republican, "close-minded," Texan) families get to decide which one of seven competing families will win a 3,300 square foot house and move into the neighborhood. The twist? None of the competing families are "traditional." The families consist of
a religious, African American family; a Wiccan family; a Latino family; an Asian family; a picture-perfect white family (except mom is a stripper); a young white family headed by staunch Republicans, only mom and dad are covered in tattoos; and a white gay couple with an adopted African American infant.Fortunately, ABC realized how awful they would look if they aired this and yanked the show before its scheduled July 10th debut.
Posted by on 7 July 2005 at 9:24 AM
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