Stereotypes @ MindSay

Well, I went to see Transformers 2, which the kiddo and I were eagerly anticipating.  I can't even say how disappointed I am in this film! The main reason why I am disappointed in this movie is because of the mistrel show, shuckin' and jivin', ghettobot twins shamefully named Mudflap and Skids.  I kid you not, I thought I stepped into the 1930's!  I've seen less racist episodes of Amos and Andy or Steppin' Fetchit.  I swear to God one of the ghettobots had a gold tooth! What's even worse, when Sam asked them if they could read some old symbols they said, "We don't do much readin'".  To be fair most of the autobots couldn't read the symbols because they were ancient symbols, but come on -- couldn't they have said, "No, these symbols are too ancient." or "We don't read this language."?  Doesn't Michael Bay know that this is the year 2009?


In the first Transformers movie, the character Jazz was panned as being as a racist caricature -- he even died after executing a breakdancing move, but I didn't have that much of a problem with him.  He was pretty much depicted that way in the cartoon, however he was also an intelligent, valuable member of the team. These guys were strictly the comic relief. 

The guy who voices "Sponge Bob" is the guy who voiced both of the ghettobot twins.  Some people are asserting that other people wouldn't make such a big deal out of it, if they were voiced by a black actor. I totally disagree! I would be even more pissed if I knew a black actor sold out like that.   The worst thing about those characters is that young people seem to really like them. My daughter kept talking about how funny they were.  I wanted scream.

Here's an article about this subject that I think explains exactly what I'm talking about.

I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.

I wear BLACK, so I MUST be a goth.

I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a stupid ditz.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.

I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.

I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser. (Actually, I am, and I enjoy it very much.)

I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.

I'm BISEXUAL, so I MUST have AIDS.

I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.

I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.

I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.

I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.

I DON'T HAVE A RELIGION, so I MUST not have morals.

I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.

I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.

I'm JAMICAN so I must smoke weed.

I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.

I TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.

I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.

I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.

I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.

I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.

I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.

I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a stuck up whore.

I wear skirts a lot, so I MUST be a slut.

I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.

I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.

I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.

I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.

I'm ITALIAN, so I must have a big peter.

I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.

I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.

I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.

I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.

I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.

 

I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be gay.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be fucking them all.

I HAVE BIG BOOBS, so I MUST be a whore.

I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.

I'm GERMAN, so I MUST be a Nazi.

I hang out with GAYS, so I MUST be GAY TOO. [Or a fag hag. One of the two]

I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.

I'm HAWAIIAN, so I MUST be lazy.

I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly or crazy.

I'm BLACK, so I MUST love watermelon and fried chicken.

I'm ASIAN, so I MUST have a small penis.

I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.

I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.

I'm PREP, so I MUST be rich.

I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.

I'm CHRISTIAN, so I MUST hate gay people.

I have ARTISTIC TALENT, so I MUST think little of those who don't.

I don't like to be in a BIG GROUP, so I MUST be anti-social.

I have a DIFFERENT sense of HUMOR, so I MUST be crazy.

I tell people OFF, so I MUST be an over controlling bitch.

I'm TEXAN so I MUST ride a horse

I’m a GOTH, so I MUST be a Satanist

I am a FANGIRL so I MUST be a crazy, obsessed stalker.

I watch PORN so I MUST be perverted.

I'm an ONLY CHILD so I MUST be spoiled.

I am AMERICAN so I MUST be obese, loud-mouthed and arrogant.

I'm CANADIAN, so I MUST love hockey and beavers.

I'm a FEMINIST, so I MUST have a problem with sexuality and I want to castrate every man on the earth.

I'm a TEENAGER, so I MUST have a STEREOTYPE. (though will no longer fit in this category by the end of the month!

I'm ENGLISH, so I MUST have bad teeth. (Though if this is the only English stereotype, they got off easy. Maybe I MUST like tea, or something?)

I’m WHITE, so I MUST be responsible for everything going wrong on the planet.

I don't like YAOI or YURI, so I must be a HOMOPHOBE.

I care about the ENVIRONMENT, so I MUST be a tree hugging hippie. [Trees have feelings too!]

I'm PAGAN so I MUST worship Satan

I'm CONSERVATIVE, so I MUST be against Abortion.

I'm SWEDISH so I MUST be a tall blonde blue-eyed lesbian.

I like READING, so I MUST be a LONER.

I have my OWN spiritual ideology; therefore I MUST be WRONG.

I am WICCAN, so I MUST be a SATANIST.

I DISAGREE with my government, so I MUST be a TERRORIST.

I'm a PERSON, so I MUST be LABELED.  (I'd hope I'm a person!)

I don’t CURSE, so I MUST be an outcast.

I'm SWEDISH, so I MUST be WHITE.

I’m STRONG so I MUST be stupid.

I'm Australian so I MUST hunt crocodiles and talk to kangaroos

I don’t want a BOYFRIEND so I MUST be Lesbian.

I'm NOT CHRISTIAN so I MUST just need converting. (Eh, I still feel loosely Christian)

I’m RUSSIAN, so I MUST love Vodka and Caviar.

NBA superstar LeBron James is set to become the first African American to grace the cover of Vogue in April, sharing it with model Gisele Bundchen. However, the photo that will be used is stirring up controversy, as some are arguing that it perpetuates stereotypes, with James striking an angry pose that “some have likened to "King Kong" and Fay Wray,” according to the AP’s report.

The picture is above for you to judge – is it perpetuating a stereotype, or are we becoming overly sensitive to race issues?

Hmm good one let me see:

Although I am black:

I do not have rims on my car.
I do not speak ebonics.
I LOVE rock and roll music as well as alternative.
I do not love basketball, chitterlings, and fried chicken.
I do not call myself african american or black. skin tone is not what makes me who I am.
I did NOT go to college on the EOF program.

Although I am Native American:

I do NOT live on a reservation.
I do NOT own a casino.
I do NOT get drunk off firewater, have no teeth, and cry about what the white man has done to me while in my drunken stupor.
I do not run around outside dancing for it to rain.

Although I am a woman:

I have never caused an accident in my car due to a lack of driving skills. I can drive rather well thank you.
I do not always get PMS and freak out, eating chocolate all day.
I do not happily scrub dishes and clothes in the sink.

Although I am a black woman:

I do not say everything with an attitude.
I do not have baby daddies with bebe's kids running around me.
I do not feel the need to run around screaming independent but go home to a weed smoking, drug dealing gangster in a one bedroom hell hole in the projects.

Although I am a black Christian:

I do not need to go to church and pretend to shout all over the church in order to have a good time.
I do not feel the need to bake cookies and go to dinners after church with the church folk.
I do not feel the need to go to black churches all the time.
I do not run around preaching and singing hymnals all day long to passersby.

Although I am Christian:

I do not think that church is the end all be all for everyone.
I do not think that gays are going to hell.
I do not think that the rapture is going to save us all from tribulation.
I do not think that everything in the bible should be taken literally.

Although I am a Spiritualist:

I do not worship satan.
I do not do seances in my living room on Saturday nights.
I do not do pagan rituals.
I do not believe in more than one god.

Let me stop before I go off for real LOL.

Everytime I see this, I laugh so hard that I get tears in my eyes: