Racial Stereotyping For Little Girls

Nia’s mother Holly was immediately put off by the stereotyping, and was particularly irked by the Afro wig, although she inexplicably relented and bought her daughter the wig and allowed her to go on stage to perform the number. Abby, on the other hand, was totally upfront about the fact that she’s stereotyping Nia, saying that the girl needs to learn how to do “ethnic” dances for casting calls, because those are the kinds of roles for which she’ll be auditioning. After the performance, Holly and Abby exchanged words, and Abby came off really poorly when she implied that Nia was getting special price breaks on tuition because of the color of skin. Holly was incredulous, responding that she pays $100,000 a year in private school tuition and she can afford Abby’s school. (Where is Holly sending Nia? Yale?)

Honestly, though, if I were Holly or Nia, I’d be more pissed about the fact that the number actually featured very little dancing, and certainly nothing “ethnic,” as Abby had promised was so important. And why wasn’t anyone laughing about the fact that the number was called “LaQueefa!”? The only thing that’s ethnic about that name is that it sounds like French for “pussy fart.”