Channel 4 has for 2 weeks now showed a tv-program called Jewish mum of the year. This tv-program is suppose to be a competition between jewish mothers competing in being the best mum by planning a Bar Mitzva party or match making and so on. For non-jewish people this might seem like a good program to get an insight of the jewish world and how the typical jewish mum behaves. It is an opportunity to see if they behave differently than non-jewish mums and what makes them so special.
However, for a jew, this program is a cringe-fest. Most of us have a jewish mum that definitely would qualify to be the typical "yiddishe mame" but at least my mum is very different from all of the mothers competing to be the best one. Watching it for 2 weeks now has made me realise how stereotypical the women are on the show and no wonder some people find jews strange. We are portrayed as naive, spoiled, stupid and, in lack of a better word, annoying. I know some of my friends might agree with this discription of me but I hope that when I become a mother I won't be like the women on the show. The show doesn't show the perfect mother, it shows the nightmare mother. I think the fact that they are on the show is the proof that they aren't perfect. If they were they wouldn't have the need to show their skills, they would be too busy taking care of their families.
If anyone thinks this program actually is educational has got it wrong. I think channel 4 is trying to provide tv for minorities but instead of actually doing that they are making us look stupid and strange. This isn't the first tv-show that makes fun of the stereotypical minority. We've seen it in my big fat gypsy wedding too. These tv-programs can't be classified as providing tv for minorities which channel 4 is suppose to do. Making people look stupid is not what we want to see.
The main problem is the attitude people get towards the minorities when all they see are these programs. Following the tweets about jewish mum of the year made me realise that people aren't going to think about how the program is made for entertainment, they will instead use it against us. One tweet that upset me was someone writing that he now understands Hitler and he wishes he had a shower big enough for everyone. This comment wouldn't have been made if Channel 4 didn't make jews look like fools.
TV-channels need to think about the image of minorities they are giving people. In this case they are doing more harm than actually educating the country. If that is them providing tv for minorities, they might as well show monkeys eating bananas. That would be as educating as watching Jewish women making a fool out of themselves on prime time tv.
However, for a jew, this program is a cringe-fest. Most of us have a jewish mum that definitely would qualify to be the typical "yiddishe mame" but at least my mum is very different from all of the mothers competing to be the best one. Watching it for 2 weeks now has made me realise how stereotypical the women are on the show and no wonder some people find jews strange. We are portrayed as naive, spoiled, stupid and, in lack of a better word, annoying. I know some of my friends might agree with this discription of me but I hope that when I become a mother I won't be like the women on the show. The show doesn't show the perfect mother, it shows the nightmare mother. I think the fact that they are on the show is the proof that they aren't perfect. If they were they wouldn't have the need to show their skills, they would be too busy taking care of their families.
If anyone thinks this program actually is educational has got it wrong. I think channel 4 is trying to provide tv for minorities but instead of actually doing that they are making us look stupid and strange. This isn't the first tv-show that makes fun of the stereotypical minority. We've seen it in my big fat gypsy wedding too. These tv-programs can't be classified as providing tv for minorities which channel 4 is suppose to do. Making people look stupid is not what we want to see.
The main problem is the attitude people get towards the minorities when all they see are these programs. Following the tweets about jewish mum of the year made me realise that people aren't going to think about how the program is made for entertainment, they will instead use it against us. One tweet that upset me was someone writing that he now understands Hitler and he wishes he had a shower big enough for everyone. This comment wouldn't have been made if Channel 4 didn't make jews look like fools.
TV-channels need to think about the image of minorities they are giving people. In this case they are doing more harm than actually educating the country. If that is them providing tv for minorities, they might as well show monkeys eating bananas. That would be as educating as watching Jewish women making a fool out of themselves on prime time tv.
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