thistle, skimmed the article and I do find it insluting. It the same with any of those shows that point out a particular group. I don't think we realize how insensitive some of this stuff is. A friend of mine whose gay says he hates the queer eye for the straight guy show. He says it makes it seem like if your gay eveything is right with the world. He said that if being gay was so great, he would have come out of the closet a lot sooner.

TV is a doubled edge sword. It can open people up to another's experiences and help them understand another race/culture/religion etc. better, but it can also play into and reinforce the stereotypes we already have. Unfortunetly, commercialism has us leaning to the negative side. TV sticks with what we are comfortable with.