Lack of diversity in Salem

Don’t see many practicing Catholics on the show except maybe Caroline.
Kate, Viv, Chloe, Doc Dan just to name a few – Has any reference been made to their affiliation if any? You’d assume Kiriakis being Greek would lean toward Catholicism, though likely the eastern rite, but I haven’t seen any mention of it.

Chloe’s not Catholic. Just happened to meet up with a priest. I do agree that there is very little diversity. That is why I would like to see Rafe’s FBI friend added to the show. I guess the Hernandez family is suppose to be the multi-cultural group on the show.

I guess I don’t notice these things, I don’t notice when there is diversity in a show or when there is not.  I don’t see color, race, or religion, I see characters.  I guess that is how i live my life in general.  I don’t see a person’s race or religion, I see who they are as a person.

There are many towns out there with lack of diversity.  The town I grew up in you were either white or black.  Now religion was a little more diverse, but not much.  There were very few jews (I think I knew one family).  Most everyone was catholic, some other christian religion, or not religious at all.

I get upset when people say a show needs to be more diverse.  Why can’t a show depict a portion of the US?  Why does everything have to revolve around race?  When people make a big deal about it, I think it makes race and religion issues even worse.  Just my personal opinion.

I thought about this for awhile before answering because it’s a very intricate issue and I didn’t want to have someone misunderstand what I say in a sentence or two. 

IzzyB – I have to agree with you – I just see people, not color, sex, race, religion, etc., not in black, red, yellow, white, or green – just "grey" and most of us would do just that if left to our own devices. 

One peeve I do have about the show is that while many the character’s may be called Catholic’s – the show, in my mind, is anti-Catholic (and other religions too) because the faith’s do not support pre-material sex, children born out of wedlock, divorce, lying, murder, kidnapping, etc., all of which are the shows premise.  I see this as anti-faith, and while I am a huge fan of the show, I would rather just hear this or that character just said they were or went to church/synagoge on Saturday/Sunday in passing.  I realize this is a dichotmy in my watching the show and liking the show with the "sin" in it and my not wishing faith to be bastardized by Hollywood.  But then too, we are all complex creatures.

That the show can be anti-religion, but let me ask you this, Would the show be as entertaining if it didn’t have those things in it.  I mean if everyone was good and did what they should and did not sin, what fun would that be?  Now I really liked in the past where they worked small things into it.  Like Jen really waiting to have sex the first time and when she did, being careful.  Same with Belle, she really contiplated over whether to have sex or not.  I wish they would do that with one of the younger kids now, maybe Will.  He is on the right path and I hope they keep it that way.  Since he knows first hand what can happen when you have unprotected sex at such a young age.  Both with Mia and his mother.

I know it is hard, but times are changing.  Very few kids wait until they are married to have sex.  I am not sure I know of anyone, but maybe one of my friends who waited.  Even my ultra-religious friend didn’t wait until she was married.  I think many woman feel that waiting can be a mistake, I know I did.  Heck, my mom told me not to wait, she said that my father and her waited and she feels that was a mistake.  And my mom was/is very religous.  She was Catholic school girl, went into the misionary, etc.  She is no longer Catholic, but she is still Christian.  She goes to church, belongs to a home group in the church, etc.

So I feel in order for Days to be entertaining and keep up with the times, it has to have those elements in it.  But I don’t think it makes it anti-religion.  I think by having a church, having Caroline talk about it, by having Chloe talk to a priest, and other small touches it makes it not a anti-religous show.  But again, that is just my opinion.  

We are all different, we all have different opinions, but I think that is what makes us so great.  We can have civil conversations, we can disagree, and we can walk away still being friends.

 Robin.  Robin’s faith meant a lot to her and I seem to remember something about her not wanting to marry outside of her faith so he was converting for her and their son.  Not sure he ever did.  The funny thing at the time was Michael Weiss (Mike -who was really Jewish) was in the role while the actress playing Robin wasn’t Jewish.