Racialist: The relationship between comedy and racism

This video is meant to provide an opportunity to analyze the affect that comedy has on racism and the affect that racism has on comedy. It is also meant to allow us to see differences in what comedy is harmful and what comedy is helpful in its analysis of racism.

Here are a list of sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dJu1Jj7VTw - Unforgivable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KglSPl7g14Q - Andy Rooney & Ali G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOI2GGY1SeE - Teacher Saying Niggah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_79fnYlU7F0 - Fake McDonalds Commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJXVj8JC1Po - Ad Campaign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2nTbqbtGug - Spelling Bee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J07UBlBeYPo - Jazz Musician
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg7Wg-RG9hk - Alex Trebek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg7Wg-RG9hk - Go Down Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfjLfyXYlA - Racism Elevator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKBKKKLjVSY - Race Jokes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmiV_K98b7I - Eliza Skinner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNkRgdcBEbs - Jerry Springer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48ygucUtpY - Kids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WIJ6mXvI8 - OReilly and Glenn Beck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgqoczYC_fk - KKK and Obama Cartoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU28Pv26nNQ - Chappelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10jmQ_K1qmM - Bernard Manning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX317unlpzs - Coulter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkpEduQJZo - Keith Ellison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA - Chocolate Rain

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Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Racism
• Comedy
• Fox
• News

[zammmerjammer]

Hm. I notice that in this video you had black comedians doing routines and commenting on racism from various perspectives.

I also notice that you DIDN'T have female comedians doing the same in your video on sexism.

Meta.

[htwomoney]

@zammmerjammer there are female comedians commenting on sexism, but you are correct: there are less. I think that is because it is less acceptable to make light of sexism by commenting on it. My take is that sexism is considered absurd in very few contexts within our culture, whereas there is a concerted (good) effort to mark racism as absurd.

[itostrong923v]

This video went viral on Sarajevo

[youngchampagne]

This video went viral on Brunei

[DSTLDN]

@marcelombra Bernard Manning. He's dead now...and i thank the lord.

[marcelombra]

Please, who's the guy at 1:58 ?

[metyuewb]

@aligboyakasha brown? clearly Indian (or Pakistani) and he's missed New Delhi. Not too hard to put together, actually.

[aligboyakasha]

the jepordy thing he said "it hurts to miss that one" just cause it was worth $1000, not cause he is brown

[ameerahme]

white tuats gonna get hunted nd killed!

[ImproveYourLifeNOW]

LOL