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Also, this is way way back in the thread but I was reading the official biographies for the other three main characters and Cameron's biography actually made me cringe. A foster care kid who wants to become a rapper? Can you get anymore stereotypical that that? I mean, there's no denying that race plays a big part in the foster care system but they're plenty of black people who come from normal families and backgrounds. As for the rapper thing, well, I think it's pretty obvious.
But if I were to be more positive, you could spin it around and make it a compelling character arc. Since he grew up in the foster care system, he probably has very low self esteem and feels like his parents abandoned him. He's probably never had a stable family life and because of it, he's rather broken as a person. Through the course of the show, he learns not only to love himself but finally manages to find a "family" with his equally screwed up friends. And because of that, for the first time in his life, he's actually happy. But of course, that takes actually competent writers and Black is more interested in making a Her parody instead of actually doing anything interesting with Cameron.
You should have tried to hear them create depth for all their characters at the panel, it was a blast.