Racism on Live Television

Over the past year I have heard of a number of media personnel either getting fired from their jobs or issuing public apologies for racial comments on TV. I wanted to find a clip of this after viewing the peter pan clip and finding racist attitudes on the television show Family Guy.

I found this video clip at youtube.com and it contains what its authors feel the most 10 racist moments on TV.

Throughout the last week we have discussed how “race” is not biological/genetic. This clip shows media that focuses on these differences and uses them to degrade groups of people.

This clip relates to the course material by showing that the belief in “race” still does exist. In the video clip Race: The Power of An Illusion Part 1, it was explained that there is no meaning behind “race” but only a man made term that focuses on appearance. The clip on youtube shows that people put some value towards “race” and falsely believe it can affect behavior. I found it surprising that these attitudes can be found in the mass media/celebrities and in people that can have a large amount of influence over others.

The clip can be found at http://youtube.com/watch?v=CK_gY6mE7K4&feature=related .