https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2020/11/25/racisms-everywhere-declares-latest-episode-goldbergs

November 25th, 2020 9:37 PM

The Black Lives Matter agenda must be intense if the 1980s aren’t safe anymore. In yet another example of pandering to the woke crowd, the ABC comedy The Goldbergs (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/112421-season-8-discussion/page/3/#comments) reminded its audience that “racism's everywhere.” BLM must be determined to leave no show untouched by its propaganda.

The November 25 episode “Eracism” (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGoldbergs/comments/k0xp6u/the_goldbergs_806_eracism_discussion_thread/) starts with Adam (Sean Giambrone) being inspired after watching Do the Right Thing for the first time. Taking a cue from Spike Lee’s film, he’s spurred to tell everyone he knows about how racism is alive and well in Brooklyn. He even goes as far as to interrupt a school assembly from his teacher Mr. Glascott (Tim Meadows) to start a club to combat it.

Of course, nobody takes his outburst seriously, but sadly, not for the reasons you would think. In fact, his friends’ issue comes more from the fact that he’s too naïve about how racism is "everywhere."

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2020/11/25/racisms-everywhere-declares-latest-episode-goldbergs

There is a mental disorder called "apophenia", which basically means recognizing patterns that really are not there.

Pattern recognition is a valuable tool of learning, where we compare past experiences to current events, and deduce similarities (and differences).

But, when your sensitivities become distorted (or biased) it's entirely possible to place exaggerated emphasis on some observations, and draw conclusions that are not completely valid.

I think that is a very big part of the problem you mention.

When the person becomes obsessed with a certain notion, they tend to find the details they are looking for, while conveniently ignoring facts that might conflict with the conclusion they PREFER to draw.

I'm not saying that racism is nonexistent. Just that some seem to find it in places where it really isn't

There is a mental disorder called "apophenia", which basically means recognizing patterns that really are not there.

Pattern recognition is a valuable tool of learning, where we compare past experiences to current events, and deduce similarities (and differences).

But, when your sensitivities become distorted (or biased) it's entirely possible to place exaggerated emphasis on some observations, and draw conclusions that are not completely valid.

I think that is a very big part of the problem you mention.

When the person becomes obsessed with a certain notion, they tend to find the details they are looking for, while conveniently ignoring facts that might conflict with the conclusion they PREFER to draw.

I'm not saying that racism is nonexistent. Just that some seem to find it in places where it really isn't

How can Adam nor the rest of his immediate family not realize racism, bigotry, or prejudice considering that they're Jewish!? And Adam has been friends with Dave Kim all this time, and never once has Dave Kim's race been brought up!? Apparently, the real Beverly Goldberg hated this particular episode and she wrote on Twitter (https://twitter.com/goldilocks405) that the characters felt nothing like their real counterpart in their actions.

I didn't even know the show was still on.