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- 6% were Hispanic or Latino
    - 60% were white

    According to census.gov, as of July 1, 2018:

    - 13.4% of people living in America are black or African-American
    - 18.1% are Hispanic or Latino
    - 76.6% are white.
    - 1.3% are American Indian or Alaska Native
    - 5.8% are Asian
    - 0.2% are native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
    - 2.7% are two or more races.

Q2. As with any television program, no two characters were the same. While racial
representation is important in any television program, how each character is depicted is arguably
more important; therefore, we strived to find how each character was portrayed.

• In terms of “Good Guys” and “Bad Guys”:
    o 100 percent of black or African-American characters were good
    o 100 percent of Hispanic or Latino characters were good
    o 66 percent of white characters were good, while 33 percent were bad

In reality, when looking at what could be most comparative to being a “Good Guy” or a “Bad
Guy”, as of 2016, fbi.gov states:

    o 26.9 percent of arrests are black or African-American
    o 18.4 percent are Hispanic or Latino
    o 69.6 percent are white.

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