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All this talk about what is, and what is not racism has whet my appetite for some good ol’ fashioned supremacy programming (read: cartoons). Animation is the OG form of socialization through stereotypical propaganda. Leave it to Cartoon Network to be the vanguard for the counterprogramming, or at least the equal opportunity of race offenders.

Have you tuned in to Adult Swim’s SquidBillies yet? It might be the funniest show on television second only to Curb Your Enthusiasm. SquidBillies makes me laugh out my face. The main characters are bigoted squids. They call white people “chalkies”. SquidBillies could only be made by someone very drunk, or very high, or very both.

Then there is the Minoriteam. This shit is reeeeeederkulous. It only lasted one season because it was too smart and too pointed. One of the superpowers of the Black character was to be able to charm the pants off of white women. Yes, the shit is filled with the stereotypes that minority people have railed against and in this show it is those stereotypes that have become the superpowers of the lead characters.

Racism only poisons those that recognize it and try to use it to their advantage but we all knew that already. Unfortunately, racists don’t watch enoough cartoons so that can’t know that we are laughing at them. One day in the future the aliens or the robots or a combination of the two wrest control of this planet from the racists I hope they have a sense of humor and put Minoriteam back on the air. Word to Balactus.