http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tay_zonday/chocolate_rain.html
This week I chose a song called "chocolate rain" by Tay Zonday. The link above is a link to the lyrics and a video of the song. Unlike most songs this one does not really tell a story, it more describes the "chocolate rain." I chose this video for the clear relation it has to the material. I orginially found this video on youtube that a friend had sent me the link.
I feel this song strongly relates to the material because it does state how some people can be a part of a "priveleged" class or an oppressed class but at the same time not feel oppressed. The beginning lyrics in the song are: "Chocolate Rain Some stay dry and others feel the pain Chocolate Rain A baby born will die before the sin." One can easily see how this song is explaining on how although someone may be in a priveleged or an oppressed class they may not feel it. The lyrics "A baby born will die before the sin" is not talking about death, its saying about simply because a baby was born into such conditions it doesn't have a chance to change the conditions. "Chocolate Rain The same crime has a higher price to pay chocolate Rain The judge and jury swear it's not the face." These lyrics show the racial oppression of being a minority and being commited of a crime there is higher punishment, eventhough the jury say its not because of the race. I felt this song is very closely related to the material, if the link does not work either google or youtube search it.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Entry Two
For entry two I have chose to analyze another episode of South Park where socailly constructed racial groups are over emphasized in the program.
In this episode a group of Persian folks bought a bar that a bunch of locals normally hung out, which enraged the locals because they thought that since the new owners were persian they would try to re-decorate their bar. When the folks from the bar finally approached the Persians, they found out what they thought was true, the Persians wanted to decorate the bar. Also, the kids did not want to do their homework so they hired a group of Mexicans to do it for them. But, it turns out the Mexicans took the childrens assignment in the wrong way and wrote a letter to their friends rahter than writing the kids essays. I chose this because it over emphasizes the racial grouping of Persians enjoying decorating and Mexicans willing to do any work but ending up doing the wrong job. The writers send a message in this with the folks from the bar becoming friends with the Persians over the course of the episode and the children learning to do their own school work, saying simply because of the group is of a certain race doesn't mean that they are trying to do the stereotypical thing (whatever it may pertain to).
I do enjoy this episode because it does have a good message in a round about way , not to judge a book by its cover.
In this episode a group of Persian folks bought a bar that a bunch of locals normally hung out, which enraged the locals because they thought that since the new owners were persian they would try to re-decorate their bar. When the folks from the bar finally approached the Persians, they found out what they thought was true, the Persians wanted to decorate the bar. Also, the kids did not want to do their homework so they hired a group of Mexicans to do it for them. But, it turns out the Mexicans took the childrens assignment in the wrong way and wrote a letter to their friends rahter than writing the kids essays. I chose this because it over emphasizes the racial grouping of Persians enjoying decorating and Mexicans willing to do any work but ending up doing the wrong job. The writers send a message in this with the folks from the bar becoming friends with the Persians over the course of the episode and the children learning to do their own school work, saying simply because of the group is of a certain race doesn't mean that they are trying to do the stereotypical thing (whatever it may pertain to).
I do enjoy this episode because it does have a good message in a round about way , not to judge a book by its cover.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Entry One
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii224/onpoint76/South%20Park/cartman-teacher.jpg
I have chosen to analyze an episode of the show south park for my first entry. In which Cartmen (a 3rd grader from a predominatley white suburb in colorado) becomes a teacher in an inner-city school. I chose this particular episode because of the over emphasism on the stereotypical social classes of race and oppression.
The show portrays this by having mostly all of the students from the inner city school being the stereotypical inner city race of African American and Mexican. The writers show how the students have been oppressed because as Cartmen takes control of the class he learns that none of the students have any hopes or dreams of becoming anything in life, but as Cartmen teaches he helps the students learn that there is more that they can do besides be "thugs." This relates to the material by showing that simply where the students have grown up has effected the way they think about their future because of the social opression of living in the inner city. The show puts a bigger emphasis on this because of the fact that Cartmen was a 3rd grader from a suburban area who didn't think that there was nothing for him in life, but was able to help highschool seniors from the inner city see that they could in fact be a "somebody."
Although the majority of the people who watch this program do not look at it in the sort of fashion to find a flaw in America, you can definately see how there is a message hidden behind all the crude language and racial jokes, in which points out the downfalls of America. In my opinion it is a shame of how some kids get poor schooling simply because they were born into a bad part of the city, or can not afford to get to a place where there is adequate schooling.
I have chosen to analyze an episode of the show south park for my first entry. In which Cartmen (a 3rd grader from a predominatley white suburb in colorado) becomes a teacher in an inner-city school. I chose this particular episode because of the over emphasism on the stereotypical social classes of race and oppression.
The show portrays this by having mostly all of the students from the inner city school being the stereotypical inner city race of African American and Mexican. The writers show how the students have been oppressed because as Cartmen takes control of the class he learns that none of the students have any hopes or dreams of becoming anything in life, but as Cartmen teaches he helps the students learn that there is more that they can do besides be "thugs." This relates to the material by showing that simply where the students have grown up has effected the way they think about their future because of the social opression of living in the inner city. The show puts a bigger emphasis on this because of the fact that Cartmen was a 3rd grader from a suburban area who didn't think that there was nothing for him in life, but was able to help highschool seniors from the inner city see that they could in fact be a "somebody."
Although the majority of the people who watch this program do not look at it in the sort of fashion to find a flaw in America, you can definately see how there is a message hidden behind all the crude language and racial jokes, in which points out the downfalls of America. In my opinion it is a shame of how some kids get poor schooling simply because they were born into a bad part of the city, or can not afford to get to a place where there is adequate schooling.
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