How to Talk Back to the TV Television can have a powerful effect on how your children perceive the world. You can help them understand that TV is often not a true picture of what the world is really like. Comedies that rely on negative humor often get their laughs at the expense of characters' physical characteristics.
Satire can be a great way to raise an adult's awareness of social injustice.
However, it's beyond the comprehension of young children because they are extremely literal in their interpretation of situations. A program that uses racial epithets to prove a point may actually be teaching those words to young children who can't appreciate the larger, ironic context. Keep talking with your children about the lack of diversity on television. In doing so, you can help them begin an important lifelong dialogue about prejudice, racial and ethnic discrimination, diversity, and inclusion.