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There is a comedy video on MTV now, Was that Racist? An Inside Out Parody | Decoded | MTV News. It was created by Franchesca Ramsey, who is famous for the viral video Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls. In the credits, it says: “Brought to you with love by: MTV Other.”
A young poc lady goes into a coffee shop. The barista is on the phone, and holds up a finger to indicate that he will wait on her in a minute. The young lady is escorted by her emotions: Shade, Paranoia, Weariness, Fury, and Hope. All except Fury are ladies. Shade, Weariness, and Hope are wearing tacky wigs.
At :57 the young lady asks the barista if they have iced coffee. The barista ignores her. Paranoia asks if this seems a little racist. Hope says he is busy. At 1:01, Fury looks straight into the camera and says the barista is busy organizing a klan rally.
At this point, PG turned the video off. Yes, this is satire. But many people are encouraged to let their emotions out. It is highly believable for someone to say the barista is busy organizing a klan rally.
Lets turn the tables around. Lets say it was a pwoc customer, and the barista was a poc. The customer doesn’t get waited on immediately. The customer says the barista is busy planning a robbery. A lot of people would think that goes too far for a comedy sketch.
A white customer shows up. The poc and pwoc smile at each other, acknowledging the poor customer service. One of the emotions says “he gets it.” Fury says something about showing basic human decency, and should be buy him a cookie. In case you don’t know, when a pwoc points out that they do not engage in “racist” behavior, this is known, with derision, as asking for a cookie.
The barista comes out, and looks in the direction of the pwoc customer when he asks for the order. Fury says “this guy is officially the most racist barista in America … it’s because we’re black.” Flames are coming out of Fury’s head.
The pwoc customer says that the poc was here first. One of the emotions says we are living in a post racial America. At 2:09, the barista hands the poc the coffee. Under the edge of his shirt sleeve is seen a stars and bars tattoo. Fury raises his arm and says “called it.”
This is supposed to be entertainment. Probably some viewers will get a kick out of Fury, and his mouth. There will be some who think this is a bit much. Most will just shrug it off. Many people have encountered others, who do not have the grace to keep their emotions under control, and say foolish things. It is not pretty. PG did not think it was funny
@chamblee54 would a coffee shop allow a barista to have a visible csa tattoo? i doubt it
@chescaleigh @chamblee54 is it possible to suspend your disbelief for a 2 minute comedy sketch?
Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.