12. Bonus-Discuss the South Park episode, "The Snuke" in terms of its construction of race in terms of whiteness and the Other

This episode of South Park displays how Muslims are portrayed as being a terrorist. The aesthetic is found through flattening discourse and simulation. The critical breaks down the ideals and breaks down meta-narratives which are the differences between the concept and the object. The ontological is based on performance. In the case of this episode it starts off as blaming the Muslims for being terrorist after finding out information of the Muslims they find more information about other attacks. The critical is seen when the boy in the red sweater is kind of apologizing to the Muslim kid. The aesthetic is seen throughout the episode because there are constant remarks telling the boy that this is not what is going on, that he is just over reacting. The ontological is seen when they look up the Muslim boys "myspace" and it doesn't reflect what the boy had said in school which starts this whole conflict of being attacked. The construction of whiteness is seen as powerful, they show Bush who is the president and white, and the British because they are white but are in the end defeated because they are considered as the Other.