I decided to watch the new version of 90210 only because I was a huge fan of the original show back in the 90's.

Before I even start, I have to tell you Rob Estes is still gorgeous.

I sat down to watch the show and I had no problem UNTIL...well, until I saw Dixon sitting in the back seat of the Wilson's car. I liked Tristan Wilds in "The Wire" and it's nice to see him on another show. Anyway....when I hear "Beverly Hills" I think of rich white folk. So, it's because of this that I spent the whole two hours scanning the students and citizens in the background shots for evidence of OTHER black people in Beverly Hills. I looked and I didn't see any. At Naomi's birthday party, I didn't see any other black students. While Dixon was welcome without any problem (I don't count the scuffle he had during tryouts...) I find that so hard to believe because as far as I could see...THERE WERE NO OTHER BLACK STUDENTS.

Now, I realize I've been known to be blind even if something is standing right in front of me, which is why I didn't erase the first episode and I'm planning to re-watch it again on Monday night. I'm sure that in my quest to find more black people on the show, I probably missed other stuff pertinent to the story.

Now, you may want to know why I even care about the black population on the show. I don't have problem with a black character on any TV show, in fact, the more minorities on a TV show, the better. In my world, there are a potpourri of people so I've grown up with all kinds of folks. No problem there. I also admit I have never been to Beverly Hills and my knowledge of Beverly Hills comes from watching the original 90210. I have no desire to go to Beverly Hills ever, no offense but I have a list of destinations I must visit before I die and if I were to put BH on it, I doubt I would get to it. But one never knows where life takes you so I may end up there one day....According to Wikipedia, 80.06% of the BH population is white/caucasian, 9.05% Asian, 4.63% Latino/Hispanic, 1.77% black, 1.50% "other", and 0.13% native American.

MY problem with having Dixon on the show is that the creators of the show should have at the very least had a few other black students roaming the halls of the school or at Naomi's party. Like I said, I may have missed someone so I'm going to watch again. In case anyone else spotted another black citizen, can you please tell me where?!