With Apologies to Jesse Jackson
1st episode of the 11th season of South Park
"With Apologies to Jesse Jackson" is the first episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series South Park. The 154th overall episode of the series, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 7, 2007, and was rated TV-MA-L. In the episode, Randy Marsh says the word "niggers" on the real-life game show Wheel of Fortune, leading to widespread public outrage. Randy's son, Stan, attempts to understand the epithet's impact on his black friend Token Black. Meanwhile, a man with dwarfism has a hard time trying to teach Eric Cartman to be sensitive.
Parker and Stone had long wanted to create an episode exploring the racial slur, but struggled with a plot line beyond its opening scene. They subsequently found it easier to work on following comedian Michael Richards' controversy, in which he screamed the slur at hecklers.
Despite the uncensored frequent usage of the racial slur, the episode attracted very little media attention. Parents Television Council founder L. Brent Bozell III criticized the lack of protest against the episode. The episode was critically acclaimed by contemporary television critics, who praised the episode's humor and storyline. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 2.8 million viewers the week it was broadcast.
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