Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Exceptionally UNcreative attempt at a parody

If you have been keeping up with my blog, you may remember a post about celebrities who support women's reproductive rights. Specifically, Scarlett Johansson spoke out in support of Planned Parenthood.

This video below is an attempt at a parody (although it lacks humor, wit or anything that typically makes it, you know, an actual parody):


The basic point that the creator attempts to communicate is that Planned Parenthood's birth did not come without prejudices or the most open minded intentions. In fact, through my research I stated the following in a blog entry about the birth of Planned Parenthood:

It is unfortunate that while the idea behind the movement was a positive one, it was affiliated and combined with Darwin's theory (survival of the fittest) and eugenics to argue that birth control was necessary for the "unfit" to discontinue reproducing. At the time, the unfit were considered low income and immigrant populations as well as the "feeble minded" and criminals. With this argument, voluntary motherhood won the support of those needed to get things done.

Was Margaret Sanger a saint? Absolutely not, but this organization helped millions of people throughout the United States from various backgrounds and present day information, statistics and the mission of this organization proves that Planned Parenthood wants nothing BUT people of all ages, ethnicities and sexual orientation to get the health services they need.

Planned Parenthood does not hold on to those ignorant ideals that it may have once been instilled by Sanger. Just because my grandfather may have prejudices against other ethnicities does that mean it has ANYTHING to do with MY beliefs in the present day? No, because THINGS CHANGE.

I honestly feel like a broken record, here. The reason that most PP clinics are set up in minority neighborhoods is because minorities are typically low-income and NEED inexpensive healthcare. Planned Parenthood doesn't slither into low-income areas and coerce people into using their services. Planned Parenthood provides these individuals with an opportunity to maintain a healthy and affordable lifestyle. Not that many Republicans would know anything about being from low-income anything. Funny; they sure do like to make decisions about these groups when they have no concept what it's like to live in their shoes each day.

And on a less substantial but equally critical note, they REALLY couldn't think of something smarter or wittier than putting a "K" in front of Planned Parenthood and doing an absolutely deplorable job of photoshopping in a KKK cloak? Really? That's all they could think of?

I'm just sayin...

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