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Groove Tube. According to Dr. Chester M. Pierce '48, television reduces black life expectancy. Think about it. Let him know your ideas. This show's about as sophisticated as his theory. 8 and 9:30, 24 Brighton Avenue in Boston.
More animals appeared in the commericals Pierce analyzed than blacks. No blacks were shown in a position of command and only once did a black speak in a commercial and "his line did not even consist of a complete sentence."
These passive, defeated people unknowingly support the pro-racist ideas which, according to Pierce, account for a lack of a greater number of radicals in the black communities.
"This passive stance can be seen through the fact that blacks usually respond to ideas, rather than initiate them," Pierce said.
Some blacks who live in high stress ghetto areas learn to tolerate and to adjust passively to the media images, Pierce said.