“The Cleveland Show”: Is it racist? Here’s someone arguing that

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Posted on October 1, 2009 | tags

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I wonder about the black people who did bother to tune into ‘The Cleveland Show’ debut. Were we so busy laughing that we failed to realize the joke was on us?
Jasmyne Cannick • Discussing, in an article on Alternet, why she sees Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” spinoff as a collection of racist, misogynist jokes which really aren’t all that funny. Cannick further argues that with the election of Obama, and the improved image of black people that came along with it, “Fox’s debut of the ‘The Cleveland Show’ is nothing more than a desperate and stealth attempt to work against the improved international image of black people.” Do you agree? • source

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dreciferous

Well, for one thing, episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, and the Cleveland show are animated over a year in advance in most cases, rendering this theory of “working against this new-improved image of black people” bupkus. I personally think the stereotypes in shows like these do not perpetuate actual opinions about the minorities they lampoon. Stereotypes exist because they are based in truth, but they make no serious attempt to pin an entire race or social-leaning into a little box.
dreciferous

Well, for one thing, episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, and the Cleveland show are animated over a year in advance in most cases, rendering this theory of “working against this new-improved image of black people” bupkus. I personally think the stereotypes in shows like these do not perpetuate actual opinions about the minorities they lampoon. Stereotypes exist because they are based in truth, but they make no serious attempt to pin an entire race or social-leaning into a little box.