South Park

Tv show or movie characters/ethnic stereotyping: South Park is a satirical comedy show that exaggerates stereotypes or celebrity characters on television. Everyone knows that the creators of this show enjoy making fun of controversial issues so the public can laugh about it. Racial stereotyping is still alive and prevalent, especially on television where you can see. In this show there’s different characters with identities similar to their stereotype in actual society. Somehow South Park found a way to turn issues and racism into hilarious and outrageous programming so that we can enjoy it even though we know it still exists. I’m not saying that it is okay for them to display racial matters so publicly and shamelessly, but I think its important to have something that shows a different perspective. Going into a deeper analysis the characters on the show are all across the board. There’s one black character named Token, ironically the “token” black guy that goes to school. Kyle plays the Jewish boy with parents who enforce Jewish traditions that you might be able to catch in certain episodes. A friend of Kyle named Eric Cartman is constantly scrutinizing him for being Jewish sometimes harassing him by saying he’s cheap, literally saying “Stop being a (beep) Jew”. We’ve accepted these stereotypes as they are within our society.