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Do you think this is racist?

Asked by JLeslie (65417points) December 29th, 2011

I saw this video and the parents on Dr. Phil today. When I saw it I did not think it was racist, but almost the entire Dr. Phil audience did. I just think if the guy was a racist, why would he tease his daughter about becoming black? I don’t get it. Dr. Phil pointed out the dad calls his daughter a racist at the end. But, it seemed to me he was joking, like how ridiculous for a 3 year old to be a racist, it sounded completely sarcastic to me. Dr. Phil and the audience seem to interpret it as though the dad was proud of his racist daughter. Maybe I am completely naive?

I think it is in bad taste, and I don’t like teasing or playing jokes on children.

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