NationStates Jolt Archive


Racism and T.V.

HK47
12-06-2004, 19:33
Last night I happened to catch a great t.v. special shown by VH1. It was called 'VH1's Illiest T.V. Minority Moments' and it pointed out alot of the racism on television. Like the reality shows where the black guy goes home first. Man I'm at home taking bets on how long the black dude is gonna be on there. Or how cartoons used to be so full of sterotypes and how Daffy Duck is a black man. But my favorite parts were the 'Guess my race/What race am I? and Minority Programming. Did you know wonder woman was half latino and half english? Or that Kasey Casam is Lebanese? Me neither. And how many of you would like to see this program on televison: Slappy Days? Slappy Days is this show where white people get the crap beat out of them by minorites. Yes I would indeed watch that. So what are your thoughts?
Cyper Cero
12-06-2004, 21:31
Some people have too much time on their hands.
Conceptualists
12-06-2004, 21:41
How to combat racism.

Allow everyone to be racist, and use a load of urban legends and trivia to back it up.
Anandan
12-06-2004, 22:59
Actually the correct way to combat racism is to pretend it doesn't exist while using an unequal system and allowing your kids to see only the stereotypes of minority groups. Oh...wait.... that's how it already is. Hmm I guess it doesn't work afterall.
Individualistic Choice
12-06-2004, 23:01
Some people have too much time on their hands.

Yeah, I certainly agree with that statement... 8)
13-06-2004, 01:43
Slappy Days is this show where white people get the crap beat out of them by minorites

They're not minorities because non-whites are about 90% of the world's population. Whites are only 10%. And I would not watch any show where the central theme was people being assaulted. I don't care what race is doing the assaulting or being assaulted. Crap is crap.