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Racism in the US Pre-episode questions

1. Research: who is Jesse Jackson? He is a politician, civil rights activist and baptism minister from America. 2. Discussion: Do you think words can be used as a weapon? How much damage can word, or just particular words, cause to a human being? Words can be used as a weapon yes, and if it is used I the worst way it can harm a person wellbeing in many years after. Words like Niger, and other racist words. 3. Have you paid attention to the issue about the words ‘neger’ and ‘negerbolle’ in Danish society and politics? What do you know about it? Well the word “negerbolle” in Denmark is not seen as a swear word, it refers to a cream puff.

South Park ‘With Apologies to Jesse Jackson’ (Season 11, episode 1) 1. How does Randy earn the nickname ‘the niggerguy’? How does it affect him? He gets the nickname the niggerguy because he guesses wrong, he said niggers instead of naggers. It affects him in a very bad way, both the father and the son. He gets the name niggerguy from a comedian. He can’t go anywhere without being called the niggerguy and he can’t go to shops. 2. How does Randy go about making amends? How is trying to correct his mistake? Randy tries to correct his mistake, when he kisses his boss’s ass.

3. How does the episode use satire in this particular clip of Randy holding a speech (to an allblack audience) about being called the niggerguy: It is just fantastic that the black audience silences when he uses the phrase “niggerguy” http://www.southparkstudios.nu/clips/155490/randy-marsh-african-america-scholarshipfoundation

4. Do you remember other examples of satire from the episode? The midget they call what I believe to be a Chinese guy 5. What do you think is the purpose of Cartman’s encounters with the Dr. David Nelson who is a little person? What purpose does this plotline serve in the overall story? I think it supposed to show that the racism targets more than just one group. 6. Dr. David Nelson, the little person, constantly uses the phrase ‘words are like bullets, and I let them pass straight through me’. What does he mean by this? He knows that you can’t get rid of bad words no matter what they will hurt you, but he tires just to ignore them when possible. 7. Follow up question: does the quote make sense? Why/why not? It does in some way, you can’t avoid sometimes to be annoyed by some words....