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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
And I'll be god damned if I'm going to praise a show that deliberately and exclusively casts white people for characters that are weak, insecure, unstable, and blatant villains.
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I'm going to put an asterix next to every character that matches your description of the white man being put down: weak, insecure, unstable, or blatant villains
*Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty - drunk, cheater, reckless
*Dep. Comm. for Operations William A. Rawls - dick, backstabber, self serving
*Asst. State's Atty. Rhonda Pearlman - slut
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland - drunk, lazy
*Lt. Cedric Daniels - affirmative action career advancement, thief
*Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs - drunk, lesbian, unable to be a parent
*Sgt. Ellis Carver - violent, thief
*Det. Thomas 'Herc' Hauk - violent, thief
Det. Lester Freamon - pretty alright guy
*Bubbles - crackhead, thief
*Omar Little - thief, murderer
*Det. Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski - nepotism job advancement, fuckup, good teacher
*Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell - fuckup, self serving, corrupt
Det. Leander Sydnor - fill in character
*Sgt. Jay Landsman - token fat police sgt.
*Preston 'Bodie' Broadus - drug dealer, murderer
*Avon Barksdale - drug dealer, murderer, reckless
*Russell 'Stringer' Bell - drug dealer, murderer, business man
Councilman Thomas 'Tommy' Carcetti - politician, betrays friend
*Marlo Stanfield - drug dealer, murderer
*Chris Partlow - drug dealer, murderer
Howard 'Bunny' Colvin - breaks rules to create results, mentors the one kid
*Dennis 'Cutty' Wise - drug dealer, murderer, turning life around
*Slim Charles - drug dealer, murderer
*Maurice 'Maury' Levy - stereotypical jew lawyer
*Malik 'Poot' Carr - drug dealer, murderer
*State Sen. R. Clayton 'Clay' Davis - corrupt official
*Off. Michael Santangelo - fill in character
*Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson - drug dealer, murderer, plays herself more or less
DID YOU NOTICE NEARLY THE ENTIRE CAST OF THE SERIES IS EITHER WEAK, INSECURE, UNSTABLE, OR A BLATANT VILLAIN?