tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post1420655742809906470..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: Is this cartoon racist and does it reflect attitudes around the East Bay burbs?Martha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-12657576346812189902012-05-04T00:47:14.540-07:002012-05-04T00:47:14.540-07:00It's fairly gentle satire, at that.It's fairly gentle satire, at that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-50423201942024876572012-03-17T16:15:18.436-07:002012-03-17T16:15:18.436-07:00Looks to me like the cartoonist was making fun of ...Looks to me like the cartoonist was making fun of Brentwood attitudes. Satire is tricky because not everyone "gets" it. Generally, if everyone in the satire is equally being poked fun at, it's not intended to be racist.Miss Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939895933517000667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-88106133507110584222012-03-14T07:51:47.103-07:002012-03-14T07:51:47.103-07:00Its a cartoon people, lighten up. That someone was...Its a cartoon people, lighten up. That someone was actually fired over this is what people should be outraged about. While stereotypes can not be universally applied, they exist for a reason. Are there no sunglassed mothers in Brentwood that carry a sunglassed baby in one arm and a non-fatt soy latte in the other? Are there no people of Mexican desent that work as domestic help? Are there no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-68656492990395586782012-03-13T21:57:54.188-07:002012-03-13T21:57:54.188-07:00It's satire. It reflects through humor the in...It's satire. It reflects through humor the inaccuracies of stereotypes. Is it only racism if it's a stereotype of a non-european culture? Where's the outrage over the caricature of the ditzy blonde suburban mommy with child in one arm while holding a cup of Peete's in the other hand? Is the cartoon implying that all the blondes in Brentwood think like blondes? I don't Castle Hill Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18299914113286112818noreply@blogger.com