who is the joke really on?

Just some thoughts on my mind, please respond and tell me your thoughts on the subject

"The White Rapper Show"

I must admit I loved it, and watched every episode. However a question must be raised, who is the joke really on here? I got to thinkin about this when the other night at around 1:30 am some red neck in the apartment building next to mine felt it was ok to shout " turn that shit off niggers" to people who were playing there music way too loud. Before he said that I wanted them to cut it out too, but after his comments I hoped they would play their music even louder. I'm not tryin to get preachy or anything but allow me to hop on my soap box real quick.

Rap and race are connected. If it wasn't, everybody's favorite comedian Dave Chappelle wouldnt have been able to have that scene in the black white supremecist sketch, where a group of white teens are excited at the prospect of being called niggers because of the music pumping out of their car. Let me get to the point. Obviously the show was a competition and I use the word competition VERY loosely, but what made people tune in was how rediculously bad, and fake all the contestants were. But who was really being laughed at? These people for the most part with the exception of Shamrock and Persia, in my opinion pretty much imitate what they THINK black people are like.

Many might refer to the contestants on the show as "wiggers". We all know people like this, some don't have a problem with it, but to me its offensive. It goes back to the ideology of "White Privelege" something that is very real and will always exist. John Brown is a perfect example of this, the guy is a walking contradiction. One minute he's king of the suburbs, the next he's launching the "Ghetto Revival". it would be one thing if he was from the ghetto but he's not. which is why it offended Brand Nubian when they appeared on the show. And his little catch phrase "hallelujah holler back"...like come on dog...really? he can't be serious. John Brown will go back to the suburbs and that hallelujah holler back crap will be left behind in the "ghetto revival" some place. Shows like this only perpetuate the negative stereotypes that are already associated with african americans. So with that said I will leave you with this. It's one thing to be a black person, its entirely different to imitate what you think one is like on tv. When negative stereotypes are common place, and socially acceptable that line between reality and fiction can become blurred. Are black people all like that? do they all dress, talk, and walk that way? A greater mind would say no, but a weaker not necessarily racist, but uneducated one might say yes.