So Family Guy has a new spin off, this time Cleveland has left Quahog, RI and moved to Stoolbend, VA. He has a new family and a new life. Seems like a fairly standard type of thing for a spin off, but look out, there is a problem here. 
Cleveland is played by this guy, Mike Henry. Notice something? Cleveland is black and he is white. There are blogs out there complaining about this. My god, how can a black man be portrayed by a white man? Never mind the fact that Cleveland was a minor character in a canceled animated show, that no one thought would return. And, when Family Guy came back Cleveland was still a minor character so no one complained. Now he has his own show and that should change? How absurd, really. Should I start screening all animated programming to make sure the color of a person matches the color of the character that they portray? Cleveland isn't being portrayed as a racist stereotype, he is just a character creating a new life after his divorce was finalized and he got re-married. I just get really annoyed at pointless complaints out there on blogs and such. Let Cleveland be Cleveland no matter who the voice is behind the curtain. Besides Bart from the Simpsons is just as insensitive because a woman voices him, yet I don't hear anyone complaining about that.
-Uncle Walter
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