Open and honest question: Cheech and Chong's "Basketball Jones" video. Racist or not?

[Taverner]

And permissible in satire or not?

The video in question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIbp5C-5WXM

[SPKrazy]

1. I don't know if it is or not

I remember it well

it may be by today's standards, which means it may have been then too but not recognized as such.

:shrug:

why?

[Taverner]

3. Just a discussion topic

That's all

My answer: all of the above. It is racist, and at the same time it is not.

[NightWatcher]

2. it's all comedy. we take our selves way too seriously now

[lost-in-nj]

4. not sure

this is the first time I have ever heard it called racist....
I used to love the song, crap I still sing it.... my daughter thinks I'm nuts...

Is someone making an issue out of this now??

lost

[Taverner]

5. Not an issue - and its more the video than the song

The movie does show stereotypical views of blacks (Jones and the cheerleaders, 'bloods'.) At the same time, everyone else in the video is a stereotypical representation of themselves. At the time, the cartoon crossed racial boundaries in satire. People found it funny whether they were black, white, asian, etc... Like good satire, it hit everyone equally.