... have been taken to help stop the problem of children being influenced by violent programming, such attempts are the V-chip which allows parents to block unwanted programs and the rating system that lets parents know what age group programs are aimed at. Bu the key word to all of this is "parents". It is in the parents hands to take control ... to be ridiculed on television in the early days through shows such as Amos and Andy and other vaudeville and minstrel type characters. The NAACP worked hard to get these stereo types removed. Other characters such as Buckweet were seen as stereoty...

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