Ethnic Notions
For years people with melanin in there skin have been frowned upon. Even in the bible is the people with darker skin tone were treated with a regard that is somewhat demeaning and were even shunned. But that is the "Anglo Saxon" way of life, treat those who don't look like you, think like you, talk, walk, and act like you like flu patients. After all black is first and the last color hues when you think about it. Images of little black Sambo, and white folks in black face, and "coons" singing and dancing do not offend me. We have to come to terms with ourselves a be honest and say "a person got to do, what a person got to do in order to get that money. I would like to see how entertainers from the past acted off camera, if the bumbling fool thing was just for show, or was it just another exploitation that White America took advantage of. Whoever controls the video stations controls what young and old impressionable minds absorb. Stereotypes still exist and they always will. Modern day slavery exist as well. If i wanted to control a person I would do it psychologically. There is no better way of doing through music videos. "Coons Keep Dancin"
From Marichal Seymore
ReplyDeleteI feel like your analyst is a tad off but I feel that you hit the nail on the head with the nullification of how television and media in itself has a psychological effect on how the majority of America sees the African American race. It is a crying shame. BTW, kudos on the title because that is how many people from the past see us; especially this generation and the one coming up.
I feel as though the cycle of racism is being repeated only if people are continually being viewed as coons. i agree with you all the way when you say stereotypes are not going anywhere, but even so, that does not mean that an entertainer whether black, blue, purple, or white are being called the same derogatory names as they were back in slavery. There is some raw and real talent out there in the world today, and people are not being called coons these days in order to pick up a paycheck. I believe that entertainers are being respected when they perform. The disrespect, while it may happen off camera or in the privacy of their own homes is not still on display openly in the ways it was back during the days of slavery and years following. I do agree that some black entertainers behave strangely nowadays, but i just chalk it up as artistic expression, not coonery. However you are entitled to your own opinion and I respect it. I agree with you on this, but only to a certain extent.
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