The New Black

It's a well-known fact that race politics is an issue that will never get old in American entertainment. It was not too long ago that American movies and sitcoms had to have the "token black guy". I don't know, maybe it's American paranoia that the movie will be labeled as racist if the African American minority was not represented. In any case, the Token Black Guy is alive and well and starring in hit movies and TV shows like House, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs... notice how I'm mentioning medical series. Gee, this Token Black Guy must be smart! Anyway, he even stars in How I Met Your Mother as Barney's brother from, uh, the same mother. (You won't get this joke if you have no idea who Barney Stinson is. Which also means you're not awesoooooome.)

However, if you watch sitcoms as much as I do, then you would have noticed a new trend.

Indians.

And not the ones in teepees. I'm talking about the ones who sing and dance in practically all their movies. Yes, even the Academy Award winning ones. (Yeah, Slumdog. I'm talking about you.) There seems to be Indians where African-Americans used to be. Take The Big Bang Theory, for example. No black guy. Just the painfully shy Rajesh Koothrappali.

Also, Indians pop-up where the black guys already are. Like in Lost and Heroes.

I guess Indian is the new black.