RACISM AND STEREOTYPE (AND WORD ASSOCIATION)

WHAT DOES VIOLENCE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS AND PEACEFUL OPPOSITION TOWARDS A BLACK MAN’S POINT OF VIEW HAVE IN COMMON?  ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.  GET A CLUE PELOSI.

NO ONE CAN DENY THAT RACISM STILL EXISTS IN OUR COUNTRY.  WE ALSO SEE MANY INSTANCES OF STEREOTYPES (LIKE ANGRY PEOPLE THAT CLING TO BIBLES AND GUNS) LIKE REDNECKS.  I USE REDNECKS AS AN EXAMPLE TO SET UP MY ARGUMENT.

A BLACK PRESIDENT DEPICTED AS A WITCH DOCTOR ON A SIGN USED IN AN ORGANIZED PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST HEALTH CARE REFORM.  RACIST?  WELL IT COULD BE IF THAT IS THE LABEL YOU WERE ALREADY LOOKING FOR.  I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I SEE.  I SEE SOMEONE USING VISUAL ASSOCIATION WITH WORD ASSOCIATION.  THIS REALLY IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN BUSH BASHERS DEPICTING BUSH AS A COWBOY.

A WITCH DOCTOR COULD BE DEFINED AS A MAN WHO SUPPORTS UNPROVEN MEDICAL PRACTICES AND USES DISTRACTION TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, OR THE WEBSTER DEFINITION: A PROFESSIONAL WORKER OF MAGIC USUALLY IN A PRIMITIVE SOCIETY WHO OFTEN WORKS TO CURE SICKNESS.  (MAYBE I NEED TO LOOK INTO THE EXISTENCE OF WHITE WITCH DOCTORS.)

A COWBOY COULD BE DEFINED AS A MAN WHO SHOOTS FIRST AND ASKS QUESTIONS LATER AND VIEWS LIFE FROM A HIGH PLACE WHERE HE WATCHES OVER THOSE WHICH HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, OR THE WEBSTER DEFINITION: 1.ONE WHO TENDS CATTLE OR HORSES; ESPECIALLY: A USUALLY MOUNTED CATTLE-RANCH HAND.  2. A RODEO PERFORMER.  3.  ONE HAVING QUALITIES (AS RECKLESSNESS, AGGRESSIVENESS, OR INDEPENDENCE) POPULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH COWBOYS: AS a: RECKLESS DRIVER  b: A BUSINESS OR BUSINESSPERSON OPERATING IN AN UNCONTROLLED OR UNREGULATED MANNER. (AND, BY THE WAY, THERE WERE AND ARE SOME BLACK COWBOYS.)

VISUAL CHARACTERIZATION AND WORD PLAY IS REALLY ALL I SEE.

PRESIDENT BUSH WAS ALSO DEPICTED AS THE JOKER FROM BATMAN.  PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ALSO BEEN DEPICTED THE SAME WAY BUT THE JOKER IS A WHITE CHARACTER SO NOW THAT OBAMA IS DEPICTED AS A WHITE MAN THAT SOMEHOW TO SOME PEOPLE MAKES IT RACIST.  AT LEAST USING THE WITCH DOCTOR GETS THE COLOR RIGHT THIS TIME, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING.

BUSH WAS ALSO DESCRIBED AS ALFRED E. NEWMAN FROM MAD MAGAZINE.  HEY, OBAMA HAS THE EARS FOR IT.

VISUAL CHARACTERIZATION AND WORD PLAY.

IF PEOPLE START BURNING CROSSES AND YELLING OUT OR WRITING THE “N” WORD THEN I WILL GET CONCERNED.