The problem here is that “Girls” is simply representative of a larger problem in media and society. There’s a very real cultural segregation in our society, where people put on racial blinders in their day to day activities. That transfers to film and television and results in what we see: shows set in New York and LA where blacks and other minorities are all but invisible. And I loathe when the discussion gets poo-pooed by defensive white people who think someone’s simply being reactionary in asking serious and real questions. For them, post-racial  and “colorblind” is their way of saying “can’t we all just pretend racial make-ups don’t exist and just act like everyone’s white?”

But my point was and is that to single “Girls” out and indict it specifically for this larger phenomena reeks of unfairness and inconsistency with just a hint of misogyny. Of the litany of shows that have premiered in the last two years with all-white principle casts, why this one? Is it simply because of privilege? I doubt it, because nobody made a peep about “Entourage.”

That’s power right there.