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#81
My netflix feed at least has been pretty full of shows and movies that feature black stories and characters. I think they have a specific channel for this. So have the other streaming networks from what I've seen.

My apple News+ has had a black experience and racial justice spotlight - you can't turn some of these off actually.

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#82
I'm a huge fan of other cultures and think they need to be celebrated because they make all of our lives richer..but I wish there would be less animosity towards white people.

'White culture' creates all of the countries that people from every other country are fleeing to, or trying to immigrate to.

White people created Democracy, Checks and Balances, overwhelming amount of the technology that makes our lives great, much of the major medical breakthroughs...and so much more.

White culture, of science and planning and Democracy, is GREAT.

Let's remember to celebrate it as well.

Re: Launch HN: BlackOakTV (YC S21) – Netflix for black people

#83
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Out of curiosity - you mention that in the 90's there were a number of TV shows featuring prominent black characters but there isn't anymore. Why did you decide the solution to that problem was to create a black-focused distribution platform, instead of production company focused on creating new shows of similar quality to those in the 90's - has something changed about the market that would prevent shows like those…

Not OP, but yeah the market has clearly changed. Everything we consume today and media in general has been fractured, organized into subcategories, and is now delivered by algorithms.

I my opinion the problem isn't that there is no demand for black-focused media, its that its just become another subcategory of Netflix. And because it may not be as popular on Netflix it doesn't get as much production. Look at what Netflix is producing these days - its mostly lowest common denominator algorithm driven garbage.

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#84
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes the country has lost its mind. They’re reconstituting segregation in the U.S. at the moment

Why does "Netflix for Black People" scarily remind me of "Water fountains for Black People". This is horrifying, OP please consider this in your approach.

You’re essentially saying that black people need to erase their cultural identity and assimilate into the dominant culture and shut up and watch tv shows about white people like the rest of us and be happy about it. Black people live a different experience than other groups, and maybe they want different shows that resonate with them. BET has been successful for a long time and this service is BET for the internet.

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#85
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“X for black people” sounds so bizarre to me(non-American). The cultural divide between the people must be insane.

Yes the country has lost its mind. They’re reconstituting segregation in the U.S. at the moment

Nah. This is no different than, say, CrunchyRoll or Viki.

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#86
"And black creators often did not get the same chance at success that their mainstream counterparts did, leading to some black creators filing lawsuits against YouTube. Despite YouTube's good intentions, systemic biases in how non-black users treated black creators, as well as the economic realities of Black people only representing 10% of the U.S. audience, have led to YouTube never doing quite enough to address this."

Could you tell more about it? Not American here.

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#88
post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

BET wasn’t offensive me. Telemundo wasn’t offensive to me. Nickelodeon wasn’t offensive to me. Food Network wasn’t offensive to me. Serving targeted programming to an identifiable minority audience seems like a perfectly reasonable business (and social) proposition. I don’t know that “Netflix for Black People” will test well, but it seems perfectly fine to me. [white middle-aged male if context matters]. Edit to add:…

My only problem with marketing "X for black people" is that marketing "X for white people" isn't socially acceptable.

You say this like the Hallmark channel or Lifetime don't exist.
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