Thursday, March 10, 2011

10 Most Racist Moments in TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMvfEdTUO6Q&feature=related

I've been thinking about where young kids were getting their racist ideas from and then tried to look up how Disney movies have racist intentions in them, but I got a little side tracked on that.  I found a video that shows some of the most racist moments on television and what I found interesting is that many of these comments come from political figures, people who are supposed to be holding up the equality of all people, without exception. Hillary Clinton believes in white supremacy and she says this in a public speech? What does this tell us about how the rest of the senate feels? Sports casters saying to lynch Tiger Woods in the back alley? Does this hold the one drop rule true? These sports casters bring in his black race and completely leave out the face that he is Asian. I'm not saying that they should further their statement by adding another racist thought, there shouldn't be one to begin with. But why do these sports casters only focus on the fact that he is black? This to me is not only racist but goes far beyond the normal things people say.  "Nappy headed hoes"??? I'm pretty sure this guy got fired for that comment.  How about the fact that Hispanics have a lot of babies. The rest of us should pick up the load and "make babies".  This is very stereotypical. It is not that Hispanics have a lot of babies, many races decide to have a lot of children, look at the Duggars for example. I think they are on child number 17!! In the one about the race the man is in, he is not taken "seriously" because he is not Kenyan or Ethiopian and is white he shouldn't be a fast runner? This is just ridiculous.  In John McCain's Presidential Debate he claimed that he doesn't like being on an airplane with anyone from Al Queada, or middle eastern people, because they only like "one way tickets."  Many Americans may find this statement okay because of 9/11 but not all Muslims or middle eastern people are going to blow up a plane.  I saw this video and I just couldn't believe the things people were aloud to say on TV, whether it was prerecorded or not. If these people of high status are saying racist thoughts like this, what are everyday people saying? No wonder young children are exposed to racism long before they can even create a full sentence.

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