Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Equal Opportunity Discrimination

"I'd rather go back to Jew York. I thought the blacks in Baltimore were bad, but these San Francisco queers.... oooo weee."
Kenny Powers

A fascinating phenomenon that you may have noticed that has come about as part of our culture of equality and fairness, is the use of equal opportunity discrimination and derogation. It is a well-settled faux pas, bordering on crime in some circles to isolate and derogate any particular ethnic, religious, handicapped, sexually-oriented, or otherwise protected group of people. However, if you are so inclined to use a particular group to fuel your personal comic desires, it is now perfectly acceptable, as long as you treat all of the major groups equally. The entertainment industry the most fertile ground upon which this new phenomenon has been demonstrated. Take for example, Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay. In my estimation, certainly the most ignorant movie I have ever observed. Aside from the parts of that involved grotesque suggestions of homosexual prison sex-acts, and shamelessly disgusting displays of male genitals, its kinda funny, if only for its ballsiness. In short order, you can see a relentless detective try to pry information from a black witness by threatening to pour out the contents of a can of grape soda right in front of his face. In the background you hear one of the onlookers yell "Ask him if he's got any kool-aid." He later employed a similar pour out trick in the interrogation room, only this time with two jewish boys, and swapping out the grape soda for a jar full of pennies. To which one of the young fellas instantly responds, "Only seven dollars?"
Or take The Boondocks. A coouple jewels from that wild little cartoon.
Ann Coulter - "If black people don't want to get arrested so much, maybe they should stop riding around in stolen cars."
Over the Airport Loudspeaker - "While on Airport property, please refrain from looking Muslim at all times."
Eastbound and Down... You see how Kenny Powers wants to carry it. All you gotta do is spread the love, and no one can call you racist.


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