‘White Woman’s Workout’ — A Controversial Satire Video

When my mom shared this video on Facebook, I could not stop laughing. It also started me thinking about the nature of satire.

I wrote an article titled “Steve Harvey made a slavery joke and the internet went insane,” which features a video of Steve Harvey making two statements: “I don’t care for Slavery” and “I don’t give a damn about slavery.” When I watched the video, I immediately put the joke into the intended context. However many other people saw it as an insensitive remark the degraded our people’s history. The debate still goes on.

Other examples are popular cartoons like South Park and Family Guy. Both shows dealt with just about every social issue there is with unapologetic satire. There’s even a recurring “child molester like” character on Family Guy.

One definition of satire, found in Websters dictionary, is:

“trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly.”

And what is Racism and Sexism, if anything but folly?

I think this video pokes fun at both things; I found it funny but I’m sure many will not. I wanted to share this video and hopefully start a discussion. It would be great if one day most of us could laugh at the absurdity of this video. Unfortunately we still live in a society that makes this video satire and not the comedy born of pure imagination.

Here is the video.