Why do we need CNN to remind us that we’re Black in America?

CNN’s much hyped 6 part series titled “Black in America”, premieres tonight. I always cast a cynical eye towards a major network that feels the need to remind us that we’re the downtrodden and forsaken. Then you look at the racial makeup of their newsroom and it’s never balanced. Where’s the CNN specials on Jewish in America or Asian in America? Is anything going to change other than CNN’s coffers growing fat off the commercial revenue?