Multifarious Blackness in TV

The articles mentioned in the question center around establishing a black identity or the idea of representation and its implications, the best way to do this, and how there is no "innocent black subject".  The black identity is a complex subject especially since it differs between individuals, as identity does for people of any race or ethnicity.  A character that comes to mind that shows this complexity is Sean Patrick Thomas, or Derek, in "Save the Last Dance".  He comes from the "hood" and has a lower socioeconomic status.  He is constantly faced with pressures to be in a gang or do drugs.  However, he is intelligent and gets accepted to Georgetown for medical school.  He deals with racial issues in dating a white girl (conveniently, Julia Stiles).  While his character is very memorable and portrayed to be an all around good guy, there are moments in the film where we see some inner struggle of establishing an identity and deciding if he has loyalties to one group or another.  He has many close friends and family that can't really be classified into one stereotype or category and I think the movie does a good job demonstrating this uniqueness or individuals but also that stereotypes do exist and that a few people's actions can be detrimental to an entire group if there are preconceived notions and we need to be careful of this.