Overrepresentation of White Pigs in Entertainment Media
I was much inspired by the acceptance speech of Frances McDormand at the Oscars in 2018 for her performance in “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri”. She introduced the Inclusion Rider, which seeks to make the participation of racial and sexual minorities, women and the disabled a pre-condition for the participation of noteworthy creative talents in key positions. (Commendably, it does not limit Jews to two percent of such positions, which would be commensurate with their proportion of the United States population.)
However, it is both shocking and unacceptable that the Inclusion Rider does not address the overrepresentation of white pigs in entertainment media. Almost all famous pigs are white: Babe (“Babe’), Wilbur (“Charlotte’s Web”) and Arnold Ziffle (“Green Acres”) among them. And, worse, most are Yorkshires–especially known for their insensitivity to minority breeds.
Where are the pigs of color? Even when they are colored in the source material (e.g. The Empress of Blandings is a black, Berkshire sow in the Blandings novels of PG Wodehouse, but she mysteriously becomes a white pig in the BBC series “Blandings” (2013 – 2014). Only in “Heavy Weather” (1995) co-starring Peter O’Toole does a pig of color play a prominent role. But, with all due respect, I attribute this to nothing more than tokenism, to white pig guilt.
What will we do to end this plague of bigotry?
1) Until leading roles performed by pigs of color match or exceed those played by purebred white breeds such as Chester Whites, Yorkshires and Landraces, white swine should be excluded from consideration unless it can be proven that they are homosexual. (Exposure to and arousal resulting from exposure to pig porn would determine eligibility.)
2) Plot lines should be modified to promote interbreeding and same sex pig couples as preferred lifestyle choices.
3) Television series (ie. “Green Acres”, “Blandings”, etc.), books (“Charlotte’s Web”, “Animal Farm”, etc.) and movies (“Babe”, “Babe in the City”, etc) that promote white pig supremacy should be permanently withdrawn from public circulation.
4) Western Classical Music should be banned be banned from sale and public performance, as at least one movie (“Babe”) features an arrangement of a Western Classical Music piece (Symphony #3 by Camile Saint-Saens) that proves the undeniable elitist and racist connection between Western Classical Music and White Pig Supremacy.
It may take centuries for past wrongs to be righted, but the time to start is now.
Michael T George
23 January 2021
