Update: MadTV’s ode to interracial love
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About a month ago, Luke Lee wrote about a skit on MADTV. Well thanks to the wonders of YouTube you can watch it for yourselves. It probably won’t be up for long, so check it out while you can. 
Inside Looking Out Holiday Special
Oh! I just noticed another video that’s pretty funny. It’s about a totally white-looking dude who identifies as “octoroon” and thinks that everyone’s being racist against his black heritage:
Adrianna wrote:
the Oreo University!!!! lol
Posted 02 Apr 2006 at 10:49 pm ¶
Craig wrote:
I find the ‘Octoroon Date’ skit extremely offensive and in bad taste. It gives the impression to mainstream viewers that all persons of non-white ancestry who complain about differential treatment are extremely oversensentive whiners who are imagining all their problems.
Posted 03 Apr 2006 at 12:14 pm ¶
Dave wrote:
I agree with Craig, although the point of this type comedy is to offend and I’m not for censoring, just making fun of EVERYBODY rather than some folks more than others.
What does seem unfair is that there is little positive space for octoroon identified folks in media, rather than to be the butt of jokes like this. Also (and this is not the exact same thing as octoroon-identified folks) there is not much positive media space for white-looking folks with recent black ancestry. So I can see why folks of this background could be offended that their representation is limited to mocking comedy skits like this one.
Posted 03 Apr 2006 at 2:55 pm ¶
the joy princess wrote:
Ditto on Oreo University!!!! Too funny!
That was a clever idea for a skit!
Posted 03 Apr 2006 at 3:50 pm ¶
Merq wrote:
Craig:
I got that same vibe. It seemed to me that that was the real joke in that skit… kinda like, “doesn’t it just piss you off when…”
Posted 03 Apr 2006 at 4:45 pm ¶
CreoleBoy wrote:
Dave, CAN it. You are delusional and VERY annoying. It seems you won’t be satisfied unless every type of mixture and blood quantum dynamic is “postively” portrayed in the media. There is enough division in society. God forbid we forget to celebrate Hexadecaroon Month.
Posted 10 Apr 2006 at 4:15 am ¶
K-Pow wrote:
CreoleBoy…very funny.
Posted 10 Apr 2006 at 12:27 pm ¶