Jun 08 2009
6 Unintentional But Intentional Racist Scenes from TV Shows
A while back I gave you guys a look at some racist scenes from All in the Family. But why stop there? It’s really incredible how much the race card was played back in the 70′s, even 80′s. Hell it’s even played now just more subtly.
Seinfeld is easily my favorite show of all time but I’m certainly one to argue that the show was very much racist. If you look at virtually every black character on that show, they’re portrayed as pretty ridiculous (by the way I can write a whole separate article this).
In any event, in addition to just All in the Family, other television shows (including Star Trek) had some awfully racists moments. Here are 6 such moments.
My Friend is Obviously Chinese
A mechnical ricepicker? That might be the best line in the history of television.
Fawlty Towers
I’m amazed these words were actually on television. You’ve gotta be kidding me.
All in the Family: The Black Santa
I don’t care if this is racist. It’s funny.
Love Thy Neighbor
The entire show was racist. Pretty ridiculous stuff here.
Facts of Life
This is amazing. “You really want to dance with that white boy?” Finally a reverse racist moment!
Different Strokes – The Tutor
You realize the Tutor is a character from Seinfeld? “Jerry, take the jacket!” That’s the only reason I showed this clip
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Not reverse-racist, just racist. It it were reverse racist then he’d hate his own kind.
man do i feel old after seeing those clips to remember watching those shows.
TV had more impact then.. there wasnt too much of it and it wasn’t crammed with reality crap..
so so old…
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Actually, I believe All In the Family was intentionally racist. Like Sanford and Son. It was like a shock factor/satire thing. Maybe not the satire so much, actually.
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Fawlty Towers was very much written by John Cleese, so you need to remember that pretty much everything the man does has some of that Python-esque irreverence towards everything from death to religion to history to, yes, even race.
One of those cases where you have to be able to recognize satire when it’s not trying to brain you over the head.
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