Racist Theme?

i wouldnt say this film was racist, they made jokes that were in keeping with the times and i doubt anyone concerned with the film was racist in any way if they were it certainly never came across on screen (not to me anyway) i saw the humour for what is was.......humour! and lets not forget that with any joke their has to be a victim (for the lack of a better word)

well thats my thoughts

Yeah, you are just too sensative and too easily offended. I hate people who are PC. Why do we have to be PC? I prefer to be called white so why do black get bent out of shape by being called black? What about colored? is that better? or negro, or spook, or porch monkey, or spear chucker, or Bama, or coon, or *beep* (even though they love calling each other that), or rug-head, or gorilla face, or *beep* or jungle bunny? Hell, almost 100% of them in America aren't even 100% African decent. just about all of them have white blood or red (native american) blood in them. That's why the black in america look different than the blacks in africa.

Well, the movie takes place in 1963 and the racial segregation in USA really ended up in 1964.

Besides the real racists seem to be the Omegas, take a look : they put apart some people who were different : a blind one, and an Indian if my memories are good. They're also called "Hitler youth" by the Deltas. But, for they have to (and they want to) appear perfectly straight, they pretend to be as tolerant as God Almighty himself.

I think the hands (the black one and the white one) are only images to show how good Omegas are and how patriotic citizens and soldiers they could be ; the Deltas car then arrives and breaks this terrific illusion.

For the Deltas follow their own anarchic believes and also show some friendship toward this black singer (Damn, I don't remember his name now), I think they don't give a sh*t of people to be black or white or whatever.


One ring to rule them all... (Clerks II)

"On a final note, based on this post I think Ive just become yet another victim to modern society's obssession with political correctness. Damn it."

Ummm, as a black person answering you..., yeah, you are obsessed with being P.C.
I find your people, in their endeavor to not step on anyone's toes, still manage to offend because you try too hard; it's like looking at an episode of GOOD TIMES when the whites are trying to "be down" with the blacks and look more stupid doing that than just being themselves. Lighten Up!

This film is a classic because, one, Landis is a genius, and two, he directed it in the confines of the times the film depicts to show the absurdity of racism, and three, the '70's and '80's were a different time in regard to filmmaking...not like it is now where people are so concerned about if they are being P.C. or not.

Dag..., 1988 really confined people with this "politically correct"-ness crap.

Next time just enjoy the movie for the classic it is.

I do think they went to far, but I have to admit I laughed. It may have been a black club but it was clear that they were NOT wanted there.

the jokes may be racial, but I don't find them rac-IST

There was a lot of concern that the bar scene went too far. So John Landis brought in Richard Prior to get his opinion on the scene. Richard thought it was hilarious and told John to leave it in the film.

The only thing I see as racist is the night club scene and the 'Togetherness' float in the parade. But it's redeeming value is that it's FUNNY! This was a few years before the Civil rights act and in truth people of different races just didn't associate. Even if there weren't a race issue there would still be friction because the Faber students were from pretty-well-to-do white families while black people were usually of poorer socio-economic backgrounds (I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying it was a fact of life at that time) and just wouldn't begin to know how to act in a mixed-race situation.