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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Werewillie Oleson" data-source="post: 123164" data-attributes="member: 8">I could interpret a black diva on Dynasty as something exotic, like a blacker Angelica Nero. Except that it was all about black skin threatening the precious Carrington bloodline.As a result it felt as if there was a lot of non-dialogue going on, words screaming to be spoken out loud, and yet it was buried under more fur, more companies, more international financial success by the impeccable Ms. Deveraux.But how to do it on Knots? Just mention it, or is it going to be a topic? And does that mean Mack has to get on his soapbox again?Personally, I think it's easier to do it wrong. America is multicultural (like most countries these days) but Knots is a white show - and similarly, so is my life. I grew up and live in a place with no ethnic diversity whatsoever.O, I suddenly remember something: there was a successful business man in our town who was married to a pretty black woman who always wore lots of jewelry and big furcoats. Gee, how could I forget that we had our very own Dominique living in our tiny white town!Whenever she entered one of our local typical-village stores, people didn't know where to look first because it was such a double whammy.I've only seen her a few times, I guess they lived in a bigger house outside the town and they moved away after several years. But I also remember that big white furcoat (loved it, of course).And there was a Turkish family and our neighbour was Indonesian, married to a white woman….but anyway, the fact that I remember them as being non-white illustrates how unusual it was and still is.But how unusual should it be for Knots Landing? Once you start to tackle it it's very difficult not to get tangled up in a web of "do's" and "dont's".Is it ignorant to ignore it, or is it ignorant to acknowledge it? Was it progressive to have a black family living in the cul-de-sac, or was it faux-progressive since their skin colour never became an issue (good or bad, one way or another)?A black family in the Witness Protection Programme - "ah well, those people are never far away from trouble".A black family in the Witness Protection Programme? - "seriously? they couldn't have made them more white if they tried".I can't escape the feeling that this will always be a no-win situation because there are so many interpretations, and that's just the interpretation of a white man.I think it's very difficult to translate this to a worldwide audience in a satisfactory manner.On a less serious note:Sometimes the could-be-parody writes itself: they discover that the Williamses are black!</blockquote>

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