People that cannot be ugly cannot be beautiful.

     With today's society, people believe that others who don't pretty themselves up for publicity won't be recognized. What I mean by that is, people expect a good image in others before they get to know them. In this show, the creators take advantage of that; Peter Griffin has a daughter (Meg Griffin) who is considered ugly and fat, who also happens to have ugly friends that are all shunned from their society just because they aren't beautiful. Here is a clip where Meg is celebrating Halloween with her three friends and are in hopes of meeting random men who may be interested in them, but because they are "ugly," they plan to wear masks and seduce them without revealing their true appearance:

     Towards the very end of the clip, Meg's father drives by with his friends and call the girls "Ugly B*tches" without even acknowledging who they are. To the audience who watch this show, they would of course understand the reasoning of the joke towards Meg, but to those who don't understand, the joke is trying to justify that Meg and her friends will always be ugly. The point is this; without even getting to know someone, it is definitely wrong to judge someone based on their entire appearance. Not only does it hurt their feelings, but it makes them feel unwanted, because with today's society, no one really wants a boyfriend or a girlfriend that is ugly. People judge too much on looks and less on their intelligence or common interests. Family Guy is wrong in this sense because they discriminate against ugly people when honestly, people are only ugly when they don't appreciate another person's beauty.

Not the handicapped!

     This show takes the next step in discrimination by illustrating a clip against handicapped people. Peter Griffin supposedly opened up a new business and refuses to let handicapped people dine in his restaurant. Even one of his closest friends, Joe, arrives with other handicapped people and Peter points out a sign which says "No legs, no service". Discrimination against a race is one thing, but hating on a person who was born with a disability is just inhumane:

     Towards the middle of the clip, Peter and Joe have an argument between each other for reasons why the handicapped are not allowed to eat in the restaurant. Peter Griffin responded with, "I think it's immoral; it's a lifestyle choice you're forcing on America." From this point in the clip, there should be no argument against discrimination people because these people never chose this type of lifestyle and they definitely do not try to force it upon other people. People born with disabilities or develop a handicapped position have no lifestyle choice because not only do they just try to fit in with society and the world, but they do their best to not become a burden with their disabilities.  Honestly, there are no appropriate reasons in hurting feelings that belong to someone born with a disability. Some parts of society already believe that disabled people are hurt in the inside for being born that way, but I know that there are people in the world that believe that the disabled feel stronger because they must work harder in life to match with people who don't have a disability.

     Nick Vujicic should be considered a hero amongst the handicapped society because he took his time and efforts to become a motivational speaker to children and adults around the world. He took advantage of his disabilities to explain that people in the world should just be thankful that they are even alive and are blessed to be the person that they already are:

      Around 1:40 in the clip, he explains that "It's a lie to think that you're not good enough; it's a lie to think that you're not worth anything." This quote and entire clip showed me a new insight to myself and others, including handicapped people, that there will be things that drag you down but it is better to push that feeling away and go on with life. Nick Vujicic has never given up and even grew stronger; he eventually got married and still works to send out messages to people about society's view upon disabilities. Family Guy pokes fun at the lifestyles of handicapped people by ridiculing them through clips, which is inappropriate because while they attempt to humor their audiences, they don't realize that some of those people are only growing stronger and stronger.

You Doctor Yet?

     "You doctor yet?" "No dad, I'm twelve." Talk to me when you're doctor." A very short yet long message in this video clip as an Asian dad expects his son to become a doctor.

                                                                                                                                                             

        There are numerous hidden messages in this video that the audience may not be completely aware of, the main one is the Asian parent stereotype. As seen in this video, the father barges in and asks his son if he is a doctor yet. When replied with the answer he was not looking for, he told his son to talk to him when he becomes one. This Asian father expects nothing less out of his son than being part of a high ranking job that pays for a lot of money and is a high class society job. In this setting the father will not acknowledge his son under any circumstances unless he becomes a doctor. Also, the son is clearly the first generation in America because the son has a normal American accent whereas the father has a thick accent from one of the Asian countries.
        Another thing worth noticing is that the father is not in tune with his sons life. All the father cares about is his education and has already decided the lifestyle that his song will be living once he is an adult. He does not take into consideration what the son wants and what he chooses to do with his life. The son is living in a completely controlled environment by his father.
        Kids should be able to do whatever they choose. They should be able to decide what jobs they want as adults. It is a parents duty to guide their children and raise them well to be able to live on their own and become independent as they become older, not to control ever aspect of their life or else how will they learn if everything is already done for them? Making mistakes is a part of growing up and you learn better from those by making it right again. Every parent wants their child to succeed in life, instead of thinking how you want them to succeed,think about how they want to do it. 

Awwwwwwwwwww Yeahhhhh!

A machine  that takes on the stereotypical the views of African-Americans and shows the state of heart health the patient is in. The beeps are in the form of “yeah,yeah, yeah,yeah,yeah” in a deep voice. The machine takes has two voice settings,  “Barry White  and “Bill Cosby” voice.

With it being labeled, an “African-American” heart monitor, it only displays two people with different voices, which can lead an audience into seeing that there is a “comedic" side and “serious and slang”  side when it comes to African Americans. It seemingly narrows it down to being only two types of African-Americans as it implies. A way to avoid being labeled as a stereotype, the heart monitor could be labeled as using the voices of the people described but this is what the default setting is. Because of the supposed Ebonics used in one of the settings, that projection will somehow (automatically) qualify an African-American as their total language use.
Here  we will see the controversional use of Ebonics in the English language.
Dr. Robert Williams, an African-American social psychologist, states:

   "We need to define what we speak. We need to give a clear definition to our language.    We know that ebony means black and that phonics refers to speech sounds or the science of sounds. Thus, we are really talking about the science of black speech sounds or  language."

  
When someone is targeted with speaking Ebonics , they are going to be presumed as an African  American. The stereotypical projection of Ebonics is often referred as an ignorant language, thus can envelop African-Americans in an ignorant atmosphere. Speaking a language that is stereotypically supposed to deal with ignorance does not mean that a speaker is truly ignorant.

ALLAHU AKBAR!! BOOOOOOM!

From a first impression of the video, anyone can give the analysis that this is a stereotypical view of Palestine.  The chant made by the alarm is supposed to praise the name of the Muslim god.
Because of the higher raise of awareness of  suicide bombings associated with a Muslim, its going to be always featured as a Muslim. Muslims have done suicide bombings, but that does not mean their religion is based upon terrorism or harming upon others. This will then be a projection of society into believing that all Muslims or those living in countries in the Middle East will display this type of behavior.

By looking into the suicide bomb rates in Israel, ( here) we will see the year with the highest rate of suicide bombings was in 2002. Prior to the year 2002, the numbers were increasing and after the year , the number of casualties decreased due to the decrease in suicide attacks. The bombings did not fully verify the full responsibility of any extremist religious groups but one fact is for certain:  Muslims should never have all the responsibility only because a small portion of their populous believes in radical ways. Yet this is the projection displayed here amongst some people in the U.S.
When I heard the bombings in Israel for the first time, a decade ago, people demonized the Muslim religion and accusing them as a whole that their religion is full of radicals. There were some Muslims in my elementary school and they were looked upon differently from the other students. I recall one of the students, who was told by their parents, that “ My dad said Muslims only want to keep bombing the U.S and destroy it and who were sent here by Osama bin Laden”.  The statement did not catch up to me until I matured and understood how these people were truly thinking like; they were being stereotypical of all Muslims. Ironically, many can picture the U.S as terrorizing its own Muslim citizens.

Without Religion

       As depicted in this video, a world without religion would be a much more peaceful and happier place. Two guys compliment one another by saying, "I like you and have no reason not to." A third character comes in and says, " Hey did you hear about that magic baby that was born in Bethlehem?" A split second later after the comment, they all pull out swords and start slashing each other killing all three of them simultaneously.

         The world today is separated by a numerous of reasons: race, ethnicity, culture, and religion. Religion, as defined by www.studyreligion.org, "Religion plays a fundamental role in bestowing meaning and significance on human existence. It marks off what is special and true, provides order and structure, and sets forth the projects and goals for humanity." In simpler terms, this means that religion provides peace and balance among humans in their life, it gives them something more to live for, that there is a better purpose for just existing for more than only yourself. Going back to the clip, the two men are gladly accepting each other regardless of what they look like or what they think, but once the third man comes in and mentioned the slightest hint about religion it turned into a blood bath.
        I interpret this video as religion causing bloodshed and many people die because society cannot agree with what others may think. There is no right or wrong there is only a right and people in this world will fight to the death for what they believe in. Would a world without religion actually make the world a more peaceful place to live in? Would everyone get along with one less problem that separates us humans as a whole? I personally believe that religion has the power to bring us closer together and the force to distance ourselves apart. We will never live in a world where everyone will be accepting of others religions that oppose their own, nor will we live as peaceful as we do now without it. We can neither live with or without religion. It is part of our human existence and no matter how hard we try, there will always be debates about who is right and who is wrong.  

White Guys Go! Everyone Else Go!

    "DVDs are out dated and obsolete, like white track stars." Peter explains to his son Chris that white track runners are no longer in competition with African American runners. As seen in the video, the referee gives the two white runners a few seconds heads start before letting the rest of the runners (who are all African American) go. Once given the signal to start, the African American runners easily run by the two white runners. 

      This video is a two way insult. Once the gun is fired, the referee says, "White guys go!" Then moments later he yells, "Everyone else go!" The referee did not even acknowledge the African Americans, what race or ethnicity they were, only stated them as "everyone else".  African Americans are viewed as invisible and are only taken seriously when it comes to their athleticism. As depicted in this video, African Americans are clearly much better and faster runners than the other two white competitors who are left in the dust not even compared to their speed. To add insult to insult to injury, as the white competitors are being passed, one of them say, "Phew I thought they were coming after us." You're on a track field running a race, why would they be after you? Even in a controlled environment when the white competitors knew it was just a race, they still saw the African Americans as a potential threat if they are being chased by them because likely they will not be able to out run them.