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Imagine the Outrage, if the Roles/Storyline in "The Neighborhood" Were Reversed

Grokmaster said:
The 70's. Not 2018. SANFORD and SON is a better example, as the Jeffersons were NOT stereotypically black...and the white people were ridiculed in that show, as well. We didn't care.

We were an entirely different, and far more racially ADVANCED nation then.


We laughed AT and WITH EACH OTHER, reveling in the comedy of our perceived "differences" while acknowledging our kinship.


No one could make "Blazing Saddles" in today's climate, which is what I refer to, OBVIOUSLY.
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Mel Brooks has said that exact same thing himself.
 
Grokmaster said:
Imaging a TV show ridiculing a black family moving into a predominantly white neighborhood, utilizing EVERY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE there is.


There would literally be RIOTING over it, and attempts at criminal prosecution.

Please explain how the premise of "The Neighborhood" is NOT RACIST....
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The Cleveland Show makes "fun" of stereotypical "black" things. South Park, The Simpsons and Family Guy as well. Have you seen "Sausage Party" ? Most scandalous thing ever.
The presise premise of your show hasn't been created for the other ethnicity as you have explained, but indeed it would be viewed as quite racist.

I don't think there would be rioting over it though.

I think people toss around the word "racist" too much. I don't consider South Park racist, I don't consider the Neighborhood racist neither.
Racial stereotypes are inappropriate, some are down right horrible. Usually, that's the joke. The viewer is meant to think "oh no they didn't".

If I say "How are black people and tornadoes the same? It only takes one to ruin a good neighborhood." the joke is funny (to some) because it's horrible, not because it's true.

In general, and I'm sure you agree, people should lighten up. If you don't like racial stereotypical humor, don't watch such shows. That goes for people on the left and the right.
 
Grokmaster said:
Imaging a TV show ridiculing a black family moving into a predominantly white neighborhood, utilizing EVERY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE there is.


There would literally be RIOTING over it, and attempts at criminal prosecution.

Please explain how the premise of "The Neighborhood" is NOT RACIST....
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You don't remember Archie Bunker and George Jefferson do you?
 
Mason66 said:
Mel Brooks has said that exact same thing himself.
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It's true. People like me , who came into out prime in that time, are STUNNED at how the left managed to RESUSITATE RACISM/RACE OBSESSION, after we had laid it to rest...
 
Cisero said:
The Cleveland Show makes "fun" of stereotypical "black" things. South Park, The Simpsons and Family Guy as well. Have you seen "Sausage Party" ? Most scandalous thing ever.
The presise premise of your show hasn't been created for the other ethnicity as you have explained, but indeed it would be viewed as quite racist.

I don't think there would be rioting over it though.

I think people toss around the word "racist" too much. I don't consider South Park racist, I don't consider the Neighborhood racist neither.
Racial stereotypes are inappropriate, some are down right horrible. Usually, that's the joke. The viewer is meant to think "oh no they didn't".

If I say "How are black people and tornadoes the same? It only takes one to ruin a good neighborhood." the joke is funny (to some) because it's horrible, not because it's true.

In general, and I'm sure you agree, people should lighten up. If you don't like racial stereotypical humor, don't watch such shows. That goes for people on the left and the right.
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People absolutely should "lighten up".


WAIT...was that a COLOR COMMENT!!!???? :cool:
 
Grokmaster said:
Actually, I'm offended that one group of people can take a joke on themselves, and another CANNOT, when that didn't used to be true.


Watch "Blazing Saddles", Mel Brooks' "History of the World", "Airplane"...when EVERYONE was "FAIR GAME", and we, as a nation, were mature enough to share a laugh over it.

We were a FAR MORE ADVANCED PEOPLE then...( do I even need to bring up THE MUSIC???!!!) , than we are now.

Now you can only insult WHITE PEOPLE.


I blame the emergence of PC Leftgoofyworld.
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Ummm sir.. you need to go watch Blazing Saddles again.... it does not make any fun of black people. It does NOT ridicule black people. It ridicules WHITE PEOPLE and their STEREOTYPES.

A black person watching that.. wouldn;t have to "take a joke on themselves"... because I don't recall ANY jokes on themselves.

I can't recall anything in "AIRPLANE".. that freely ridiculed black people.

However.. I would point out.. maybe.. just maybe its wasn;t that we "as a nation" were mature enough to "share a laugh over it".. maybe it was also that minorities didn;t have a choice.. and HAD to accept that they could be made the butt of jokes by a white majority.

I think of the kids in my sons school that say all sorts of racist things around him. Now. is it because its appropriate? Do you think that he is not reacting because he AGREES WITH IT? OR do you actually think that he BELIEVES ITS FUNNY?

OR is the reason my son doesn't go beat some white butt for making racist jokes and slurs.. because its going to get him in more trouble and cause more of a stir.?

I'll tell you.. its the later. His silence DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE THINKS ITS FUNNY And that he is SHARING A LAUGH.. with the folks around him making racist slurs and jokes.

Get it?
 
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