There's a television show on TV called "Little Einsteins" about how 4 kids and their pet rocket ship go around helping animals and musical instruments using music, art, and dance to achieve their goals. As a former music major, this thrilled me to no end when I first discovered the show. However, as I watch it, some things become a bit apparent to me.
First off, there are two white kids (Leo and Annie), an Asian kid (June), and an African American kid (Quincy). The show centers mainly on the white kids, which I think is a bit crappy. The boy is the conductor and the little blonde haired, blue eyed girl is the singer. She makes up almost all of the songs for the show while (mainly) singing out of key. The other kids have to constantly compliment her on her singing skills, which just makes me sad.
The Asian girl is the dancer of the group. After watching almost every episode this show has to offer, I've only seen one where she was the main feature (she helped a robot get back to his planet through dance). She's a better singer than Annie, but never gets the opportunity to show it off. Not cool.
Leo conducts, Annie sings, June dances, and what does Quincy do? Oh he only plays every instrument known to man. Why isn't this prodigy the main star? I have no idea. He mainly plays a background role, playing what he can to help a lost animal or instrument find their way home. He seems to always get the short end of the stick and does a significant amount of work. This ticks me off to no end.
I love being a singer, but I almost feel like the show is biased against instrumentalists. The bad singer gets praised, is featured in almost every episode, but the kid who can play anything is a background character. Blarg.
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