When television screens had only rare images of black folks, black people were more critically vigilant about these representations. Even when blackn… - bell hooks

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When television screens had only rare images of black folks, black people were more critically vigilant about these representations. Even when blackness was represented 'positiviely,' as it was in early black television shows like Julia, which focused on the life of a black nurse, the beauty standard was a reflection of white supremacist aesthetics.