I saw a kid – like a five-year-old – wearing a certain T-shirt the other day, and at first, I thought it was really rude that his parents would let him run around looking like a little racist. But then I realized that the back (or was it the bottom – whatever) of his shirt said “Yo Gabba Gabba,” and the dude on his shirt was not a random non-white guy in a weird pose, but was in fact DJ Lance from the show of that name.
Still. I would never let any kid under my supervision walk around the mall wearing this:
3 responses so far ↓
1 leesa // May 5, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Have you never seen Yo Gabba Gabba?
I’m thinking about having a kid just so they can watch it. Best kid show since Tele Tubbies.
2 Crissy // May 5, 2010 at 2:19 pm
It doesn’t matter whether I’ve seen it (but no, I haven’t). Let’s stop exploiting people of color (any color) on kids’ clothes. If this doesn’t stop, you know some canary yellow bucktoothed guy with slanty eyes doing a karate chop (or complex math) will be next. ;o)
3 Crissy // May 5, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Also, his name will be Fukudome, and people will “mispronounce” it.
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