Cartoon about biracial conjoined twins
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Today’s random YouTube find.
Conjoined twins, one black, one white. With a black mother and a white father. The white twin is a killer skateboarder. The black twin can dunk a basketball like nobody’s business.
Gee, wonder why this animated series pilot never got picked up? It takes the twins obsession to a whole new level.
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Lyonside wrote:
The pathetic thing is, you just know someone involved w/ the production is solomnly shaking their head and saying, “See, America is just not ready for an interracial family.”
But it does prove that at least some networks still have TASTE.
Posted 05 Dec 2006 at 11:12 am ¶
Anonymous wrote:
Oh, I don’t know. Silly, yes, appallingly stereotypical yes (Rock & Soul? Yeuch!). But I actually am having a hard time thinking of a similar kid’s cartoon that was so in your face with its depiction of an interracial family. You might not want it in your face, but you can’t ignore it.
Posted 05 Dec 2006 at 11:37 am ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Anonymous: Sure, the cartoon’s “in your face” about the interracial family, but it’s also pushing this binary idea that you can’t be BOTH black AND white.
Posted 05 Dec 2006 at 11:49 am ¶
Lyonside wrote:
>it’s also pushing this binary idea that you can’t be BOTH black AND white
And it seems to be relying on moronic stereotypes – good at basketball? Skate rat? Puh-leeze.
Kids are smarter than this. They deserve better.
Posted 05 Dec 2006 at 12:49 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
“And it seems to be relying on moronic stereotypes”
Uh yeah, that too.
Posted 05 Dec 2006 at 1:36 pm ¶
SolShine7 wrote:
This is just sad.
Posted 06 Dec 2006 at 10:14 am ¶