My Own Twist on Race

Yesterday as I was watching South Park, I saw an episode that really related to what we are doing in class. In this episode, Cartman hurt Token who is black. Because Token is black it was labeled as a hate crime. Therefore, instead of only being reprimanded for his actions, he was sent to juvie. Then as the episode continued the Stan, Kyle, and Token went to the mayor and petitioned for Cartman's release because they said that by creating hate crimes they were actually discriminating against the minority group by saying it is because they are different that they were hurt. I feel this is very true because in some cases people are driven to hurt others because of a disagreement but then others will say it is because the other person was a minority. In the end they ended up convincing the mayor that all people were really quite the same and that there are always disagreements. I also saw an episode of the Chappelle Show. In this episode, Dave was acting as a member of the KKK, and he took off his mask. When everyone stared at him and told him that he was black he was furious and said that he always thought he was white. I felt that this was similar to our class discussion because in reality your race is not really what you look like but instead your daily cultural actions and how you see yourself. For example, I personally see myself as an Eastern European, but as Sal said in  class, I am also technically Asian because of my Russian roots. However, in the end of my episode of the Chappelle Show, Dave divorced his wife for being a black sympathizer.