Arthur cartoon addresses the George Floyd situation. Thoughts?

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   Stevennix2001posted 4 years ago

   
   Apparently the cartoon show, Arthur, is now addressing racism in America.   
   
   First it was gay marriage.  Now it's racism.   I personally don't have a problem with cartoons addressing real life problems as we've seen them done before from drug addiction, gang violence and even racism.   
   
   However the main problem I have with this cartoon episode is two things.  One, the episode itself is too on the nose with what it's referring to.   
   
   In the episode, Arthur and his friend literally say that they were appalled from seeing someone get hurt simply because they were black which is an obvious reference to the George Floyd situation. 
   
   This raises too many questions.   Although I didn't grow up on this show but from my understanding, Arthur lives in a world full of anthropomorphic beings like himself.   So what animal race exactly represents the black person that they spoke of?    Secondly they could have easily have said "I can't believe someone was hurt for being different" as that would have been more subtle and less on the nose with the message. But I digress. 
   
   What are your thoughts on this?   Do you think the cartoon is doing a great job teaching our kids about the George Floyd situation?   Or do you think it's time to boycott the show?   Please discuss.   Also here's the YouTube link to see the episode yourself.   Enjoy.
   
   
   https://youtu.be/EaePu0-fZ4o

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      Kyler J Falkposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Personally, I'd say adults have become too enmeshed in the idea that these issues affect young children to such a degree we need to include them in adult movements. Fact of the matter is that these incidents occur to people of all races, and every child should be taught to avoid law enforcement like the plague anyways. In order to avoid law enforcement you must physically remove yourself from situations that may attract law enforcement; unfortunately, this includes being the wrong skin color, in the wrong place, at the wrong time (I've made this unavoidable mistake, and was stripped to nothing but my shorts in the street for it at the age of 16 because I matched a description and they "needed to take pictures of my defining marks").
      
      I think we are attacking an important, but marginal issue in the wrong context. If we had more productive individuals, we would have less crime. If we had more opportunity for proper education and employment, we'd have less time for confrontations with the pigs. If we spent time correcting problem communities at the elementary education level and onward, offering more opportunity for personal/professional advancement in a healthy learning environment, we'd see less unfortunate confrontation with the pigs.
      
      Overall, this seems out of place in an age where we could attack the roots of a problem rather than the symptoms. Also, I grew up on "Arthur" and I could not recall a single lesson I was taught from it. However, I was also taught in school that white people are the reason for racism, that I'm guilty of racism for my skin color, and that my culture needs to be replaced because of the color of my skin (as if skin was some sort of sign of what culture I subscribe to).
      
      Also, they would do better to just have the episode be about Arthur and his friends organizing a petition to increase training and oversight for police who mistreated someone. Creating racism in a time where it could be squashed relatively easy is regressive on all levels. The amount of hate crimes I've witnessed and subsequently stopped during these protests and riots are a testament to these feelings.

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   Live to Learnposted 4 years ago

   I didn't watch the cartoon but I watched a You Tube video by Anthony Brian Logan on it and had to laugh. He was so funny. He was like 'that's an aardvark. What are they talking about?'
   
   The insanity of the left can sometimes be amusing.

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