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.
My favorite character was racist frankenstein…he kinda sums the american psyche lovely. good show
I only caught that joint a few times…but I loved it. Almost as much as The Venture Bros. but only cause my moms introduced me to Johnny Quest.
There are no pure races, biologically. Blood type can not even accurately distinguish racial groups. 85% of human genetic variation is within “local populations,” like within Afghan people.
Another 5-9% of total human variation is b/w populations thought to be similar by the general public such as the vietnamese and japanese. The remaining 6-9% accounts for skin color, hair form, nose shape, and so on which constitutese what we consider “races.”
the Human Genome Project has proven that there are more genetic differences within racial groups than there is between racial groups.
racist = acknowledging races
Has anyone ever seen that old-ass black & white Bugs Bunny/WB cartoon episode where he kills Hitler? Or the episode of Mickey Mouse’s old-ass black & white cartoon, where he gets a “pet” African & he has to “civilize” him. The dude’s throwing spears @ people & trying to swing on shit a la Tarzan. Hilariousness.
Minoriteam was ill with it. I’d be roasted on Sunday nite peeping it.
Superjail is ill too.
Minoriteam was my shit. It took me a minute to get into Squidbillies -Dethklok too.