I recently watched a clip from the early 90s with Roseanne Barr and Oprah.
Oprah was telling Roseanne the biggest reaction she's had from her show, which I'm assuming was still new at that time, was the sheer amount of letters she received from white Americans, who were impressed with her ability to speak intelligently and articulately.
Oprahs comment to it was actually very illuminating.
She stated, Black people only comprised 13% of the American population. So there were entire communities of white Americans, who based their entire opinion of Black people on what they saw in the media.
As someone who was born and raised in Los Angeles, my entire life has been surrounded by people of different nationalities, ethnicities, identities and cultures.
So imagining a person who grew up in a town, where everyone else was the same nationality, ethnicity, identity, and culture is very foreign to me.
It definitely helps explain the mentality and perspective of the average republican.
