“The white male shall always be portrayed as a dunce.”
A lot of people think this is a joke, but it’s not. White males will always be the brunt. It’s almost like a hierarchy. If you’re a member of one “protected” group, you may be the brunt, but only by one of similar status, or one who is the member of more than one protected group.
Take note one night of just the commercials and mark it down, you’ll be surprised....or not
Actually it is a hierarchy, one that’s existed for a long time. Dating back at least to Shakespeare one of the major focuses of western humor has been tearing down the people in charge. The hierarchy is there to be mocked, the reason white males are the target so often is because white males are still primarily the ones in charge, the only way it’s changing is if we stop being the ones in charge, or there’s a major change in the concept of western humor.
“A lot of people think this is a joke, but it’s not.”
No, it sure isn’t.
I started noticing about 7 years ago that white men/fathers were always portrayed as stupid and incompetent. Women and minorities were always portrayed as much smarter.
Pretty strong bias in almost everything coming out of Hollywood.
My wifes theory is that the appeal of Homer has done in the father/male...
Watch the cosby show or others from the 80’s. Most of the time the father was wise, caring, strong, and in charge..