Friday, August 29, 2008

Clifford the Big Red Dog is a Racist

How can this be? Aren't we past these racist stereotypes? Especially in a PBS kids show?

PBS isn't re-running episodes from the 70's, these are all new. These new episodes are stuffed full of new, modern day, P.C. moral messages to our youth.

But,...how could they be so shallow?

Every morning I engage in about 90 minutes of tv suited for a 2 year old. The latest episode of Clifford the Big Red Dog had Clifford saving the day by being able to dig massive holes and build dirt walls to save the town from an oncoming storm.

As Clifford is digging and digging, the town folk is commenting and cheering him on. HOORAAY CLIFFORD! GO CLIFFORD! CLIFFORD WE LOVE YOU!

And then they pan to a gentlemen with a nice thick black moustache, a pancho and a shovel draped over his shoulder. Out of his mouth comes............in your best migrant worker accent, ......."Cleeefoooord, I chore like da way you deeeeeig."

WTF.

Thank god The Chrysler will get us past all this soon.

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