Racial Stereotyping (Part 2 of 2), Television: Inside & Out

[woodsy0003]

Blah blah blah blacks blah blah blah whites dur dur dur dur dur .. For fucks sake. Anyone who dislikes another race is retarded. Anyone who complains about T.V. is an even bigger retard. STOP WATCHING THIS SHIT AND READ A BOOK AND TALK TO THOSE AREOUND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If those who cared stopped watching these shit networks another more biased caring network would have come around. Our mind is our greatest strength as a species but it's also our greatest weaknes

[Midvinterblot542]

Multiculturalism doesn't work folks - It was a nice attempt but overall a failed experiment.

[KONKRETEJUNGLE1]

that guy at 1:17 was the jaguar on zoobilie zoo

[hihosilverlining2]

I love George Stanford Brown. Excellent actor!

[chris532008]

holiwood only mirrors what it sees in the streets if blacks want a different image it starts at home. don't buy the rap crap and start insisting in performance and dignity to every one not just other blacks

[BlackSapphire8804]

@chris532008

No!

That's like saying 911 was a terrorist attack because TV says so.

White supremacy created the stereotypes of Black People to disarm any rise of civil rights. Then out of these stereotypes came black people who let the media pay them, to portray the stereotype that white supremacy created.

As people began to absorb the ish, the stereotypes began to transform into reality for those who are easily brainwashed.

You don't see the CIAs corruption portrayed in "Hollywood" do you!

[chris532008]

@BlackSapphire8804 chicken and egg theory, if blacks were right thinking they would not allow outsiders to control them as you seem to claim they do. no one forces blacks to sell drugs to each other, they do that because that is their nature, still in africa today one tribe assaults the other, that s tribal nature we can t change that and probably shouldn t . that s why segregation worked so much better, the differences and objectives of the cultures have little in common

[BlackSapphire8804]

@chris532008

Oh you mean the same Africa that was rich before Europeans invaded.

The same Africa who's jewls now reside in a bridge in Paris.

The same Africa that hasn't recovered since it was captured & destroyed by whites.

If you knew anything about traditional Black Culture you would know that the stereotypes portrayed of us on TV are created by white supremacy.

Traditional Black culture has nothing to do with Gangsters/ Crime/ Crack...

Those involved in such are lost.

[chris532008]

@BlackSapphire8804 and yet few blacks will talk out about that gangster mentality, other than bill cosby there is nothing but quietude, i certainly realize all blacks don t fall for the mentality but when those who fall through the cracks, you don t make excuses, you remove the vile spoiled goods from the batch as with one sour apple if you fail the whole batch will likewise sour, that s what is happening now

[BlackSapphire8804]

@chris532008

You too are controlled, which is why you make prejudice, generalizing statements like...

"no one forces blacks to sell drugs to each other, they do that because that is their nature,"

No.1: no-one forces anyone, but place them in a position where they feel they have to, in order to survive.

No.2 if it's in our nature we would all be doing it!

Formulating your opinions of people through absorbing mass deception (Media) creates ignorance & an Inability to think for oneself.

[chris532008]

@BlackSapphire8804 prejudice is making a statement without the first hand available information, after the fact is not prejudice. and who is it that forces them at a young age to not go to school. they willingly make their decisions. and by the way if they are oppressed by the white oligarchy as whites are, the thing to do is not assault white working people but go after your oppressors the rich white bankers, insurers, etc etc

[creaturebotman]

I have a solution to all this race rap.

All Black men need to fuck more white women.

Yeah fuck em all.

Keep on fuck for at least a generation till all the whites and all the blacks are diluted into a mixed race.

Its simple, Its natural and its fun!

So get to fucking, make them babies!!!

[bush1tman]

@creaturebotman You sound like you needed an excuse. Even a dumb one will do eh?

[chris532008]

@creaturebotman that is the current plan of the government as it is in their opinion easier to enslave that offspring

[585michael]

From this it sounds like these TV shows should have been given special consideration before being cancelled. But many shows have been cancelled since and more will follow. Ratings is the name of the game! If the show isn't popular blame the people for not watching, not the networks.

[MrBlackmask27]

regular crackas too! lol!!

[MrBlackmask27]

i would love to fuck them hollywood crackas up!!!

[PympHarD]

why are whites so evil??

[12345Richie67890]

@PympHarD

not all whites are evil.

I'm white and I don't hate black. I have black friends.

[tripthe1]

I often wonder the same thing about blacks.

[OutSpokenGamer]

Take a look at history and it almost seems blacks are from heaven and white men are given power from satan

[no1cp]

:: Gives OutSpokenGamer a ticket to Darfur::

[OutSpokenGamer]

They have not been punished for their sins... And they must repent.. Until they do they will continue

[tripthe1]

White people and black people aren't so different in that aspect.

[jahlyfe]

i saw roots and im 11 and it made me cry kinda

[EBanonymous]

I love black people. They are just like the rest of us. These ideas of racial superiority belong buried in 1) slavery & 2) the Nazis & those that think like them.

The entire premise of slavery & colonialism is based on a superior group being better able to control others. That's respect for others? Its not even racism, but it uses it as a tool to get control; those that believe the racial superiority myths - please educate yourselves.

Sad that people think that Hip-Hop is what blacke are.

[Zecalran]

So True I'm black n have been stereotyped all of my life!! :( das is sad!! :)

[Serengeti7]

CMAs?

[lrwsoreal]

lol just a few years later after this aired lol marla gibbs finally found success with 227..

[poppalarge68]

Did Harry Belafonte ever fuck that white lady...? If he didn't, he should've, she had some sweet little titties on her...

[drewd1987]

Way to perpetuate your own stereotype, huh? lol

[poppalarge68]

Mrs. Dianne Carroll was, and is soooo right.

[hebber1961]

and now tv is all black or gay all the time.

[dale1966gto]

how times have changed. i haven't watched t.v. fiction for years. i went to my sister's house recently where she regularly watches crime dramas.

i was amazed at how blacks were portrayed as astrophysicists, neurosurgeons, astronaunts, police captains, and head of just about anything. they also are never the perpetrators of the crime.

due to the constant whining and lawsuits blacks are consistantly portrayed as a super race and can do no wrong. whites are portrayed as the stupid ones, always.

[darness1234]

tRUTH HURTS HUH? SO THIER ARE NO BLACK ASTRONAUTES? NO BLACK ......PRESIDENT??!? THATS FUNNY HOW NOBODY TALKS ABOUT HOW BUSH FUCKED US UP WITH OTHER COUNTRYS, WE HAD THE DUMBIST WHITE PREZ IN OFFICE............TWICE, ELECTED BY WHHITES AND CHEATED BY WITHES, BUZSH HAS FUCKED UP OR RELATIONS WITH EVERY BODY! ALL BLACK AND WHITE SOLDERS DIE, BY BUSHES HAND

[dale1966gto]

yeah the truth hurts, they say. the kind of truth that occurs to us when we watch all the wonderful, articulate and super intelligent blacks in their roles portraying them as a superior race on t.v. and go to wal-mart, for instance in the next hour and observe the truth about them.

black astronauts are affirmative action appointees i.e. there because they're black, not because they're the best. there is a program in place called ''diversity in space'' which works to put blacks in space.

[dale1966gto]

if you think obama has been screwing things up lately - black is crime is up in general like the gunning down of those 4 white cops being the most recent thing - wait until all the anti-american dicatorships of the world gets nuclear weapons b.c obama sits back and allows it - just wait until the end of another 3 years if a u.s. is left. all so we could have a black president. all blacks voted for him but it's the wide-eyed white liberals are who i don't understand. white liberal guilt i guess.

[rugerAK]

I LIKE THAT SNAP, TWAS COOL.

[aieshamoore]

i know it sounds stupid but u have to see this from my piont of view

[trustusyeahright]

this is neat bitch about the stereotyping ( it was racist and wrong, but funny like in living color plenty of white jokes) but all those actors still took the money

[mrsmusiq]

what is acting black mean in 2009?.....what is wrong with having the option to watch bet or mtv? ......If being "gangster" defines you as black then what colour am i if i listen to pop? come on people easy on the lables music has no colour. understand your history and what's a STEREOTYPE. Yes, we have come a long way but i see we still have a long way to go.

[CHARLOTTExR0S3]

Hm.

I don't really think there is such thing as 'acting black' or 'acting white'

I used to be told I acted black because I used to listen to rap music..

Lol BET's retarded.. I feel like it's bringing race to our attention rather than just not seeing colour or ethnicity.

I'm sure there'd be fucking OUTRAGE if there was an awards ceremony just for white people.

[aieshamoore]

u know how to stop all this sterotyping?!?

STOP ACTING BLACK

[mauritiusbleu]

thats the dumbest comment ive ever read...

why dont you stop acting like a brainless waster

music has no colour you moronic little cretin !!!

[aieshamoore]

im talkin about the gangster rap bull and how everyone seems to think were all gangsters...

[aieshamoore]

IVE GOT THE SOLUTION!!!

stop watching BET stop watching rap vids

stop being gangster and just stop acting black or "gangster" im black and im into pop music and im skater im not ghetto at all.

[joelbattle]

This is RIGHT before crack was put into black neighborhoods. It would almost seem like blacks in the early 80s were more progressive than nowadays.  Which is ridiculous.

[Zecalran]

So true!! Blacks were also very kool in the 70 u can even hear it in their music!

[Whatisthescore]

seriously though black women can be sooooo annoying and loud!

[docmechanic]

This was being said in the 70's and instead of moving forward since then we have moved steadily backward. That is why I personally have boycotted most of what is on television since the mid 1980's and very rarely watch television and would not spend a dime to have one in my home.

[NLreggaefever]

Most powerfull today on tv & movie : Will Smith, Oprah.

So I think we've come a long way.

[Abbodine1]

You have two examples here. If you look into the music industry, what you will find are glorified thugs. They brought the slang back and helped magnify and intensify the stereotype, something most of these thugs should be ashamed for, but money talks and the got paid well to represent black America. Not only did they send out this stereotype message, they also influenced a good chunk of a generation to glorify being like this.

[Zecalran]

ur damn right my man! IF a blackman starts singing some other music for example that is not gangster rap or hip hop, such stereotypical musical labels that have been tag to the image of the blackman universal. Immediately the whiteman thinks that the blackman who's isn't into hip hop, gangster rap n shit doesn't want to be black or isn't black in fact. They say he's a wannabe white bullshit! Plus thanks to michael jackson bullshit..the folks are being subliminally programmed by the lies on TV.

[dale1966gto]

i'm white and agree. how far do you want to go.

people are not stupid enough to consistanly see blacks humiliating whites on t.v. and in the movies to believe it. it insults our intelligence, but we still put up with it to satisfy you. we've even elected as black as our leader. he and his administration are screwing up right and left, but we put up with sacrificing the image of the country we created to pay you back. when we integrated the school system, we sacrificed our educational system.

[T24560able]

your white mans complex is showing!!!...

[dale1966gto]

if level all-out war had been leveled against your race and gender you'd have more than a complex. nothing is never enough for you guys.

[T24560able]

boy!!!,..your white mans complex is really showing now!!..sounds like there's a hitler jus under your skin!!!..us "guys"never asked you guyS.for any thing that wasnt ours in the first place!!!..but you "guys" act as if its yours to distribute as you see fit!!..as fer as war being leveled!!,i think some would argue that point!!,,police, dept,fire dept,dogs,billy clubs,jim crow so called laws,sounds like war to me!!..what about you???,..my white brother????...

[T24560able]

when the nation and the world saw how the police,attacked the people in selma,or how you and your friends attacked us at the lunch counter,or how bull conner hit people with gun butts 4 tryin to vote,i think whites did a pretty good job of humiliating them selves,and screwing up the countries image all by them selves...insulting to the intellect you say??,well maybe...intellect must first be present..

[T24560able]

mein kompf...im sure someone like has read!!,,there is another book i would suggest you read!!,the "Ice man Inhertance"by michael bradly....IN IT HE TALKES ABOUT,prehistoric sorces of western mans rasism,sexism,and agresstion....and its a white dude!!!....

[SixtiesFan90]

@dale1966gto: "when we integrated the school system, we sacrificed our educational system."

Our educational system was never truly workable period...............

And no, I've never seen anything portraying blacks as a 'super-race'. Because it's just not happening..............

[Zecalran]

what George Bush the idiot fucked up ur country image The Obamas made America respectable n kool again, my man!

[garrettsambo7]

True!

[cstar88]

SH...T!!! Now all we have today is I Love New York and Flavor of Love!! SO much for progress >:(

[blackberryjuice1]

LOL, I was born in 1981. 26 years and little has changed, there's almost been a backlash of sorts, see the current discussions of all-white fashion runways for example. There are a few tokens on various sitcoms and dramas but by and large tv still doesn't fully reflect the diversity of our nation.

[applesauce2100]

@blackberryjuice1 You speakin truth and it 2010 where there's a black president but not a black network executive, black president or anybody black that pushing to show positive images of black people, but the people in hollywood are color blind, and not only that, but i see black people who are lawyers and doctors, and that not shown on tv, because white exeutives dont believe it out there...again this video is speaking truth from past to present we need a future?

[realbeautyness25]

they were right look at this sh-- we have today they saw it coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[armoniamg59]

is not a chance is %

[HappyCabbie]

Great video. I used to watch Benson as a kid and it was well written show. Hollywood today needs to stop showing blacks as thugs and uneducated fools. There are many good professional and affluent blacks and we need to see more people like them celebrated. Rather, if those are seen, they are made fun of as not being black or trying to act like us white people. Excellent video.

[delboy65]

A change is coming!

[princette]

This is 1981, before the Cosby Show, family matters, when blacks still had afros and talked jive. This before Michael Jackson and Prince opened the door, really bringing african american culture into the mainstream and fortunately before the damge hip hop did to black credibility. Little John was still in grade school I think, and Kanye was a tot

[renea1977]

1981=

Kanye West was 4 years old

Lil jon was between 10-12 years old

[aieshamoore]

jive?!?

[9thOverstanding]

has any1 noticed that any ALL black show are comedies?Or if its not its about gang banging and/or hip-hop?The only time its not is when we're the side kick....

[Yohko86]

I have noticed the EXACT SAME THING! My sister and I talk about it sometimes!

[nutmilk]

funny, she never said anything to me.

snap!

[Yohko86]

Uuuhhh...okay? Whatever.

SNAP.

[Timeout123]

Unfortunately it's still like this.

[deborahbetty58]

One of the many steps towards global dominance are f.i. to make nations rise against nations and ppl against ppl and so forth. Therefore, the Global population looks for peace and unity their governments, who just turn out to be part of this elaborate global system.

[deborahbetty58]

After 'Roots', the representation of successful black female/male on television spiralled downwards, because there are international/global (political/economical) powers who control the media in a attempt to control and programme the minds of ppl. Globally. What better way then the media.

[Najenn]

What is sad is that the images of African Americans and other minorities are still stereotyped.I am not to sure if this will ever be rectified. I highly recommend that anyone who is interseted in exploring more of these stereotypes to buy, read and study Donald Bogle's book, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and bucs. Thank u for educating!

[LadyIsisAfrika]

Najenn, I could not agree with you more. Thank you for your comment.

[LadyIsisAfrika]

Najenn, all you need to do is read some of the racist comments on You Tube regardin this subject, and you will see that white supremacy is alive, well and moving forward with each generation.

[Najenn]

Yes..I see it all the time and I was attacked so I had to be careful from the racists. Why are people so ignorant?! Thanks for the education!

[LadyIsisAfrika]

Najenn,

I have been called a N..... and a Nappy headed hoe. These are hard core racist that hide behind the internet, and at the same time they also shop beside use in Safeway. I work with many white supremist. My supervisor is one, but she thinks her assumptions about Black people are correct.

[Najenn]

I agree. I try to respect everyone but when they disrespect me, I begin to lose hope. You gotta just pray sometimes when these ignorant people think we are inferior. We will see. Much love to you, sis!

[LadyIsisAfrika]

Najenn,

Much love to you too. You are with me in spirit and I am certainly with you.

[fully1975]

very enlightening video..and very true..