During Mr. Bolos' "TV Tokenism" presentation, the 30 Rock clip was not only really funny, but really true and sort of weird to think about. The clip was about how the black characters were saying because there is a black man as president, and there was a "white judge on Law and Order" racism was okay again. In class Friday if you all remember we talked about why a black man is always "best-dressed" or the chief of something, so 30 Rock is poking fun at how this is changing, that a black man wasn't the authority figure. During class this year we talked about reparations and people wondered whether we have done enough to make amends for slavery and other racist activity.
Mr. Bolos showed us that this TV Tokenism is still very much there. When I though about racisim is back, I wonder if that could mean is racism gone. Because we have a black president for the first time, is that like saying the playing field is even; that now we can make fun of black people like we poke fun at white boys who can't jump? However, there are still racist people and programs like affirmative action which make it impossible to ignore the remaining separation between blacks and whites.
I wonder if it will it ever truly be even? It is that even possible or ethical to call it even after slavery and the prosecutions of minorities?
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Quite frankly, the United States is a racist country. I do not believe that the government could do anything about it (nor should it try). Unforetunately, 'curing' racism takes a very long time. It requires a change in society as a whole, which can only happen gradually. I wish it could happen faster, but...
ReplyDeleteI think being able to make fun of blacks and whites, in ~equal quantities, will be a good step forward and a marvelous sign of improvement.
Morgs,
ReplyDeleteI would have appreciated a link to another article or even a deeper analysis of the 30 Rock clip. I did like your connection to our reparations discussion, but as you said, it wasn't fully developed.