Family Guys Aim

Family Guys aim is at a white audience, which means that the offensive jokes within the show are directed towards other diverse cultures in America. With the minority of white characters that fill the show, there main focus of humor is particularly on other races. For example, in an episode of Family Guy, an reporter interviews this white male, when suddenly she tells the man that the police are gone, suddenly he zips off his “cover” of the white man and reveals his true self which he is an African American male. After saying “we are free” a group of African American people rejoice in celebration with a song. The joke portrays that in America the white people are the dominating race and African Americans have to hide and protect themselves from the
I think this joke is very offensive to the African American race and make them look like the weaker race. Even though it’s only supposed to be a joke, it draws attention to the issue at hand and brings light to it. This issue of racism in America still exists and is present in everyday current events. The creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane main purpose of creating the television show was to illustrate American culture in a humorous light. Family Guy is memorable for "crossing the line" in many ways whether it be racism, attacking religions, generating light on tragedies too soon, or even producing jokes about those who are mentally challenged. The show is comedic but much like many animated cartoons there is logic in the jokes. On the other hand there are times that the jokes are just jokes and meant to be