- 04 Dec 2022 14:45
#15257921
Here are some examples of representations of "race" taken from various periods of commercial media.
I have chosen only from the most popular actors, comedians, and TV series so as to get a better idea of the general represention of non-hegemonic groups.
Jerry Lewis interprets "East Asian" (1960s)
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Jerry Seinfeld interprets "Indian Subcontinent" (1990s)
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Sacha Baron Cohen interpets "Central Asian" (2000s)
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In all of these examples, the targetted non-white group that is parodied is treated as having no values or sovereignty.
The "joke" is primarily built out of the fact that these cultures have different values than the TV demographic that the advertisers are selling products to.
These cultural differences are mocked, and the targetted cultures are in no way allowed to "mock back" at the source of their mockery. It's a one-way mocking.
I have chosen only from the most popular actors, comedians, and TV series so as to get a better idea of the general represention of non-hegemonic groups.
Jerry Lewis interprets "East Asian" (1960s)
***
Jerry Seinfeld interprets "Indian Subcontinent" (1990s)
***
Sacha Baron Cohen interpets "Central Asian" (2000s)
***
In all of these examples, the targetted non-white group that is parodied is treated as having no values or sovereignty.
The "joke" is primarily built out of the fact that these cultures have different values than the TV demographic that the advertisers are selling products to.
These cultural differences are mocked, and the targetted cultures are in no way allowed to "mock back" at the source of their mockery. It's a one-way mocking.
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The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite.
The goal is an endless war, not a successful war.
— Julian Assange