5 classic South Park episodes that speak to our current moment
has taken on racism frequently in its long run, memorably dropping the n-word 42 times in one episode to make a point about cancel culture and performative redemption before those words were part of the cultural conversation. In that episode, Randy Marsh has to face the stigma of being called “[n-word] guy” after he guesses it as the answer to a puzzle on.
“The Big Fix” shows that Randy still hasn’t learned anything 15 years later. At a marijuana growers convention, he attends a talk about racial inequities within the industry. Not surprisingly, the message that communities of color are excluded from the profits of legalization despite being most affected by the racist war on drugs is totally lost on him. Instead, he focuses on the warnings of potential consumer backlash against all-white-owned businesses.
Randy may never recognize his racist blind spots, but at least Parker and Stone seem to be aware of their own. It’s also in this episode that they retcon the name of the only Black kid on the show, up until this point known as Token Black. It’s revealed that his name is actually Tolkien, in honor of his father’s favorite author, J.R.R. Tolkien. Stan—and by implication, the audience—has supposedly been hearing it as “Token” all this time due to unconscious biases.
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