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Posts by: Roger Sabin

Roger Sabin is Reader in Popular Culture at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
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Who Loves Ya, David Simon?

by Jane Gibb and Roger Sabin • 29 May 09
Journal: Issues | The Wire Files [4]

Notes towards placing The Wire’s depiction of African-Americans in the context of American TV crime drama

Critics have justifiably praised The Wire for its rounded African-American characters, and the risks it took in foregrounding ‘black Baltimore’ – risks that have…