Comments on: Outkast’s Benjamin talks ‘Class of 3000′ http://www.popcultureshock.com/outkasts-benjamin-talks-class-of-3000/40529/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skeptic http://www.popcultureshock.com/outkasts-benjamin-talks-class-of-3000/40529/comment-page-1/#comment-7534 Skeptic Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:48:06 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/outkasts-benjamin-talks-class-of-3000/40529/#comment-7534 There's nothing new about Class of 3000 other than the overt racism. It is a funky kind of PBS program: a combination of Arthur with Barney and Friends. As for the racism, Tamika, the African American, beats up all over Madison, the sterotyped rambling idiot white girl. Tamika resents Madison's white way of expressing herself, so she physcially assaults Madison several times in the Fundraising episode with a large, heavy object (susaphone), slamming it over hear head in order to silence the silly white girl. But all of this isn't surprising. Cartoon Network lost its way years ago when they dumped Cartoon Cartoon Fridays and all of those great cartoons: Samurai Jack, Dexer's Lab, Time Squad, Dragon Ball, Dragonball Z, Johnny Bravo, etc. What did they give us: the kitten that could name fruit. Maybe some so-called marketing genius decided to overhaul CN--focus groups, blah, blah, blah. There’s nothing new about Class of 3000 other than the overt racism. It is a funky kind of PBS program: a combination of Arthur with Barney and Friends.

As for the racism, Tamika, the African American, beats up all over Madison, the sterotyped rambling idiot white girl. Tamika resents Madison’s white way of expressing herself, so she physcially assaults Madison several times in the Fundraising episode with a large, heavy object (susaphone), slamming it over hear head in order to silence the silly white girl.

But all of this isn’t surprising. Cartoon Network lost its way years ago when they dumped Cartoon Cartoon Fridays and all of those great cartoons: Samurai Jack, Dexer’s Lab, Time Squad, Dragon Ball, Dragonball Z, Johnny Bravo, etc. What did they give us: the kitten that could name fruit. Maybe some so-called marketing genius decided to overhaul CN–focus groups, blah, blah, blah.

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