My selected issue for this week's blog deals with racism. To me racism is a pandemic that needs to be wiped out, it's creeped into our social and domestic livelihoods, work places, educational institutions, and of course politics. Seinfeld's treatment towards racism is neutral i believe where they represent their views about a particular race, but instead protray the the general notion of certain races.
For example in "The Wizard" as Jerry and George and Elaine discuss whether Elaine's new date is black or white George nervously inquires, "should we be talking about this" and even though Elaine insists she doesn't "need" to know his ethnicity she, like George and Jerry out of guilt over-tip the waitress at the cafe, who is ironically black. Music is another tool that Seinfeld uses to mimick race, as Elaine visits her boyfriends apartment, she overhears loud hip/hop, and asuming she's finally figured out his race nods her head in approval. Without the show establishing it's own views, Elaine's gesture symbolises our perception as the viewer will assume along with Elaine that where there's hip/hop there's an African American. Ironically this isn't the case as Elaine's boyfriend apologises for his roommates loud music.
Im sure you will agree that current political affairs stem from a deep root of hatred and racism, and whilst Seinfeld depicts it's own comical spin on the issue, in reality it is very serious!
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DJ--this is WAY too long. Can you please revise? Thanks!
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