Carlos Mencia

After watching these two videos by Carlos Mencia, I find some of his points to have validity. The first video was very offensive, especially if you consider the fact that he dropped the "F
-bomb" all throughout his performance. If you bleep out or tune out all the cursing, you can find that his argument is indeed effective. I agree with what he is saying.

Mencia's argument, although offensive, sheds light on the fact that everyone nowadays wants to be "politically correct", and I believe he is directing his argument towards these people. He argues that people get offended by anything nowadays, even over an honest mistake such as calling a Japanese person Chinese. His comical approach to these issues lessens the tension when he talks about certain subjects such as blacks and fried chicken, and mexicans and tacos.

He also goes on to say that he is sick and tired of minorities always wanting special treatment, even for their kids who are doing bad in school and blame it on ADD. It is true.. ADD was not a disease back then, it is a new disorder now which some people say is a "good thing" because it means that their kid is "too bright to focus on just one thing, and so he can not pay attention to just one thing". Well, Mencia says that this is not the case, this can be remedied by stronger parenting skills, which he claims have also weakened presently. There is a lot of truth in this, as now kids control and manipulate their parents in some households.

Mencia is offensive in the way he presents his argument, but overall he is effective, and he gets his point across, illuminating the obscurities surrounding this issue, and the fact that minorities want equal treatment overall, but in some cases want special treatment, such as regarding education.