University of Richmond Law Review Volume 37 | Issue 3 Article 8 3-2003 Racial Stereotypes, Broadcast Corporations, and the Business Judgment Rule Leonard M. Baynes St. John's University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview Part of the Business Organizations Law Commons, Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Communications Law Commons, and the Law and Race Commons Recommended Citation Leonard M. Baynes, Racial Stereotypes, Broadcast Corporations, and the Business Judgment Rule, 37 U. Rich. L. Rev. 819 (2002). Available at: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol37/iss3/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Richmond Law Review by an authorized editor of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. RACIAL STEREOTYPES, BROADCAST CORPORATIONS, AND THE BUSINESS JUDGMENT RULE Leonard M. Baynes * I. INTRODUCTION The major networks have received a great deal of criticism for the absence of, and stereotyping of, people of color who appear on their prime-time television shows.1 Many more African American characters appear on television series today than at any other time in television's previous history.2 African Americans comprise * Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law. B.S., 1979, New York Uni- versity; J.D., 1982, Columbia University; M.B.A., 1983, Columbia University. The author acknowledges all the helpful comments that he received when he delivered a prior draft of this manuscript at the June 2002 Sloan Institute Retreat in Chantilly, Vir- ginia.