The episode that I decided to review for this specific peer review was an episode of Family Guy where racial aspects truly came into play. In the episode described, all of the white police officers were sent back in order to get re-trained. This caused for every person to suddenly become black and be able to roam the streets freely. What Jenae did extremely well with this post was voicing her opinions in a clear and concise manner.
“It also speaks to me of how most of the world is like that, people of color have to act like that of "white" society just to be their equals.” I couldn’t agree with her more because it is often stereotyped throughout or pop culture that African Americans must act as Caucasians in order to be accepted into our society. Throughout the semester we have discussed racial inequalities in lectures, so I felt this was an appropriate topic for both of us to discuss upon.
Family Guy has been known to take a lot of hits at many aspects in our society today, and racism is something that the producers of the show have been doing consistenly. If I were to write up my own blog entry, I would discuss more on how the main characters were acting and if their new found sense of attitude correlated with the way people in our country act today. Unfortunately in the world we live in today, we are all claimed to be equals, however it is evident that people of different ethnicities are looked at from different spectrums, something I only hope can be changed for my grand children.
Questions:
1) Do you believe racism in our country will ever vanish?
2) Should television shows have more sensitivity on racial topics.
3) How much do you think shows like family guy, affect our younger kids as they move forward learning about life?
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