i thought class on thursday was interesting. (interesting is one of my most overused words. i'm going to apologize in advance for overuse.) i had never given much thought to the youtube video we watched in class. i'd seen it before, and i thought it was funny, but the fact that it was playing into racist stereotypes had never crossed my mind. i do think our media plays into racial stereotypes, and uses them too often for jokes, or in place of character development.

right now i'm watching friday night lights season 1 on dvd. a new quarterback has been brought who's been displaced from katrina. but his development never really goes past "angry black guy" and he is just brought in to create trouble. friday night light tends to be really good about stereotyping it's characters though.

i was surprised no one had brought up the whole dr. laura incident that happened a few weeks ago, but i guess that was more about racial slurs, not sterotyping. but that is the most significant event that i could think of that would relate back to class.