In a week where Cliven Bundy and NBA Clippers owner Donald Sterling brought racism to the fore, Seth MacFarlane uses his “Family Guy” comedy animation to show just how ignorant some people are. Moronically dumb dad, Peter Griffin, performs a song and dance called “Thank the Whites” to show his black friend Jerome, just how much Black people ‘owe’ to ‘The Whites.’
Don’t touch that dial! If you’re not familiar with the animated comedy “Family Guy,” MacFarlane often uses satire to skewer ignorance. In Peter’s song, he recounts how much of Black music, culture and sports that white people have adopted or more accurately stolen, albeit poorly. Think Justin Bieber or – here’s a classic, Michael Bolton and his soul cringing renditions of Motown hits.He was generously titled a ‘blue eyed soul’ singer. It’s not all inequality and theft from the paler race. ‘The Whites’ can claim patents on such life enhancing additions as square dancing, soccer moms in yoga pants and mayonnaise…To name a few. More will come – perhaps Spam, the ‘food’ product?