i agree that everyone has some form of racism in them but i think we as the united states should be. after all we are the most powerful and richest country in the world. but i think by being in this position we need to reach out to the countries we are better than to lend a hand when they are i need. it is not our fault that we are better than those people it is just the way it happened but i believe that it does not have to be like that because we can help them out and show them the way and try to give them a better life.

i agree with what you are saying. this is definitely a terrible situation but i am not going to cry over it. it really does not affect me so i need to continue going about my day. if it were someone in my family then yes obviously i would be upset and stop things for a while but this is like me seeing someone in the paper die that i have no idea who they are and just shutting the rest of my day down because they died? i truly am sorry that this has happened but it does not bother me because it does not affect me.

This is a really good question and to be honest I really do not see a problem with the episode it is just television and I really doubt they meant anything by it. You always see television shows like family guy and the Simpson’s doing things like this so I think we just need to forget about it and just remember that it is just animated television.

I think that the writers and producers are always just trying to create controversy. I feel as if you do not like what the show does then just do not watch it. I can easily name a lot of movies that create major controversy that actually had an effect on real life. One that I know of is a movie called Natural Born Killers. This is considered a movie that has been the result of many people killing others because they were so obsessed with it. One example that I am sure everyone knows of is the Columbine shooting. The two students were supposedly obsessed with this movie. What we need to do is start looking at things like this because people look up to movie stars not cartoons. Movies have an effect on much more things in life than cartoons. Kids see something in movies and try to mimic their favorite actor or actress and they want to be just like them. I really doubt anyone wants to be like cartman.

Sure this show is a bit much at times but it is made for humor and for people to enjoy watching. It is never directed towards anything of considered to be a bad influence. This is a show that does whatever it wants. It attacks celebrities, athletes, and political figures and we all pretty much laugh and talk about it the next day but once it talks about Muslims everything gets blown out of proportion. If the show was too much for people then we need to attack the network and not the show itself because it is the network that puts the show on the air. I mean I am just shocked that people are offended about this episode. We all had to have seen this coming from the writers. They have been doing this stuff for years and we have never really said much. We should just say wow it is just another offensive south park episode that may have crossed the line, oh well lets just move on. I really do not understand what the problem is I think that it is just a cartoon and we just need to stop talking about the episode and forget about it. south park will continue to do this and really nothing is going to stop them from doing it because people love the show.

i am going to have to disagree and say that i am not sure if there can be a step two only because i do not know if there is anyone that is going to stop what is going on over there. we as Americans have many problems already and i do not think we can help because like i said we already have too much on our plate. i really do not see anything happening too soon with this situation and there wont be because too much money is being made and i think when money is being made nothing is going to stop it from happening.

i do not think it is possible to cut off welfare. These type of people need some sort of income and with the way the economy is today, if they cut off welfare, where are these people going to find jobs? there would be a lot of people out on the streets and it was cause major problems and i believe even the crime rate would go up. They should not do this just for the fact that some of these families need to provide for their children and that if you cut off their parents it affects their children as well. I do not believe this will happen because everyone already knows what will happen.

i agree with what you are saying. this was made so that women, people with disabilities and veterans and primarily African Americans who were denied employment could have an equal opportunity. i am not surprised that white woman have benefited the most from this. white women control a great deal of the population in the united states and it was considered for many years that they could not do the job of a man and this has helped them greatly. at first i thought it only helped African Americans but now that i know it helps white women too and that they benefit the most i have to say i am not surprised

This is a great question to ask students and I have to be honest and say that I really have not changed my opinion and it really has not made a difference to me and I really do not care about what goes on in class. Sam is a great teacher but I just do not have the desire to sit there and listen to things about race and the problems that are occurring today and how we need to fix them and how this is red land and how we stole this land from native Americans. I have to be honest and say none of it really bothers me and my mind has never changed about anything and none of it really bothers me. I guess that it just who I am.
I feel like a lot of the things we talk about is just basic stuff and also I feel like we get a lot of facts thrown at us and it really just is not for me. I mean some of the stuff he says I think about after class and it is very bad sometimes when race is involved or what whites or blacks are compared to everyone else but I still have to say that I am the same person I was when I first entered the class. Do not get me wrong the class is interesting and entertaining but I just do not have anything to say and it does not interest me therefore I have not changed my opinion about anything of the subjects we cover in class.

I think this class is good because people can just go there and talk about their feeling on different topics each day which is why I think this class is so popular. But I feel like most students leave that class not remembering what even went on in the class today. Maybe Sam is not trying to get us to change our opinions which some may believe he is, I think he is just trying to get us too think about what goes on in the world today in terms of race and slavery among other topics. I do like this class but I just have to say that it is not for me. Do not get me wrong these questions and topics that arise in class are very important and need to be discussed and I am sure that there will people that will be more than happy to sit here and talk about them and discuss them and argue of them but I have to say that it is just not for me because I just think that it does not make a difference to me what is said. I think my mind is already set and nothing said in this class is going to make me feel bad or change my opinion.

i agree with what you are saying. this is a sociology class we are suppose to be able to open up and speak freely about how we feel about race and culture and things like that. these are the things that make me upset when someone makes a comment and then a person of a different race gets upset over it. this is why so many people choose not to say anything thing during a debate or something like that. we need to learn to not take things seriously and learn that everyone has an opinion and you should not become upset over it.

i agree with what you are saying. the more i grew up the more African Americans started to come into my neighborhood and town and i thought it was great. it helped me to learn about different ethnicities and different backgrounds and to see if they were different and things like that. i think that it is very important for a child to experience this at a young age because i think that it definitely prepares them for a better future for their social life and it also helps them learn more about other cultures and to see what is out there in the world.

After listening to this man speak I just realized that some people really have problems with determining what their race is and their ethnicity but I do have to say that you can be what you want to be when you are like this man. You shouldn’t feel bad or different because you white and black or white and Puerto Rican, you are no different then anyone else. I honestly believe that would be saying the same thing as someone saying that they are Italian and Irish and they don’t know what they are because they are mixed. Race does not mean anything it is just something we are categorized by and it does not determine who you are inside or you want to be and wit should not make you feel different or embarrassed just because you have some of a different ethnic background than someone else.

In my opinion I think you should be whatever you want to be. If you want to say you are white then say you are white and be proud of it or you can say that you come from a Puerto Rican background and be proud of that and stand by that as well. I know when someone asks me what I am I say I am Irish and I am extremely proud of that when I say that and I think we all should be too. We should not be embarrassed or unsure of what we are. We should accept it and stand up to what were are and believe in. I think we need to stop this whole “team” thing that is going on today because we are all different and that is something that we should be proud of and show others. How would the world be if everyone was the same and just ordinary? I know it would be a place that I would not want to be apart of. Sometimes when I meet someone and they say they have this type of ethnicity or they are from this place I find it very interesting and very cool.

Lastly I would have to say I feel bad for him just because he does not know what type or race he his or what so called “team” (which is a stupid term to use) but if it were me all I have to say is that he should be what he wants to be and that there is no problem with that because everyone is different and that is what makes the world a special place. Just because Sam talks about mainly black vs. whites does not mean that you have to be apart one of them. Be who you want to be and do feel ashamed or embarrassed of what you are.