Thursday, May 19, 2011

Smoke, Mirrors...& Color

Beginning from the early days of Blackface, to the now almost infamous archetype of most T.V. shows, (especially sitcoms or comedies), there is usually one of the following stereotypes displayed in media:

***THE "TOKEN" BLACK GUY*** :





***A POPULAR CHARACTER ON SOUTH PARK AND ONE OF THE ONLY BLACK CHARACTERS (BESIDES "CHEF" WHO COOKS FRIED CHICKEN, EATS WATERMELON ALL THE TIME, SINGS PROFESSIONALLY, AND PIMPS WOMEN) IS YOUNG BOY NAMED..."TOKEN"





***A SEXY, FIESTY LATINA WOMEN - WHO CAN BARELY SPEAK ENGLISH (AND WHO'S ACCENT IS A CONSTANT GAG AND GO-TO PRATFALL MOMENT IN A SITCOM). BUT SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND VOLUMPTOUS WHO CARES, RIGHT?***




***AND ASIDE FROM THE USUAL CONFUSION WITH PRONOUNCING A FORIEGN NAME, THERE IS THIS "INDIAN HEAD BOBBLE" THAT HAS TO BE EXPLAINED TO AN AMERICAN WHO DOESNT UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE...YET LIVES & WORKS IN INDIA****

http://tv.gawker.com/5653221/the-indian-head-shake-explained-on-outsourced (AROUND THE 3:00 MIN. MARK)

***THE ASIAN PERSON WHO MUST SPEAK IN THIER "NATIVE TONGUE"...THOUGH HAVING BEEN BORN IN AMERICA, AND NEVER HAVING VISITED HER PARENTS HOME LAND.****




***OR THE ASIAN GIRL WHOS FIGURE IS SO SLIM, SHE HAS TO HAVE SOME "SECERT ASIAN DIET" SHE CAN SHARE!!*** (AROUND THE 5:10 MARK)










****EVEN GOING AS FAR BACK AS THE 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s T.V. - AND IN MEDIA EXPOSED TO YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN; YOU CAN SEE BOTH THE OBVIOUS, APPARENT AND UNDERHANDED SUBTLE RACISM IN CARTOONS***

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS3e-n8Mj7I



***EVEN SOME OF THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL, SUCCESSFUL, TALENTED ENTERTAINERS HAVE HAD TO SUCCUMB TO THE WORLD'S PRESSURE AND IDEA OF BEAUTY TO MAINTAIN THIER SUCCESS***