A Cautionary Tale
Peter Griffin: Holy crap, Uhura's black?
Me: Ha ha! How remarkably oblivious to his surroundings that character is. Anyway, that's enough animation. Time for some space westerns.
(Later that day)
Me: I wonder if it's significant that there is only one black character on Serenity, and he's a mysterious outsider? Kind of like Othello, in a way. You see...
P: What about Zoe?
Me: Oh.
In my defence, I had noticed that she is a) Conscientious b) an unstopable avatar of war and c) super-hott, so I'd like to argue that this just represents an enlightened set of priorites. Think that'll fly?
posted by Nathan @ 7:07 pm
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On a semiunrelated note, I can't determine if I'm unobservant, racist or completely unracist when I had to be told, repeatedly, that this man was black.
After weeks of not linking, I sure hope that link works. Otherwise, it's Harold Ford Jr's Wikipedia article.
I must admit to being unable to laugh at the joke in that episode of Scrubs where Todd describes Carla as black.
I conclude that it means we're all very sophisticated and post-racial.
She's Dominican!
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