I didn’t like this article very much at all. In fact, it kind of sucked. The more I read Ono’s article (To be a Vampire), the more I wanted to argue a lot of the things he said. Seriously? This is basically one huge rant about how Buffy isn’t some ‘perfect’ show. Well, unfortunately for Ono, no show is perfect. What really got to be is the way he brought in race and gender. Sometimes I think we over analyze that too much. Not everything we do is based on race or gender; and a majority of people who argue that seem to have based themselves and their entire perspective on it. A bit sad if you think about it…

I’m not one to really take notice of gender or race. It’s really not that important to me; one physical aspect tells me nothing about the kind of person you are. It just irks me when people seem to believe that being white/black or boy/girl is really that important. Honestly, in your daily life, how often do you really think about those things?

For instance, Ono said that there were a lot of whites on Buffy (p. 23). Well, yeah. Hello? Look at the region these people live in! Most of America is inhabited by whites. That’s not something that was planned. That’s just the way it is, over centuries of migration some places are less diverse then others. Complaining about the color or the lack of it on TV is like going to oh….Africa and being mad that there are less whites living in town. It’s a stupid thing to focus on. This show hardly “villianizes” other races. In fact, how many evil doers were black, brown, yellow or whatever? Not many. Most were- gasp!- white. Oh my god, how shocking.

I also 'enjoyed' the bit where he began to talk about Buffy and Kendra. Looking back, yeah Buffy was mocking her a bit when Kendra came into Sunnydale. But was it a form of racism? Not really…it’s more like a teenager being a teenager. How many teens go around doing the same thing? It may not be completely right but it’s hardly something to jump up about and run around screaming.

He didn’t touch too much on gender I think. Most of this pointless paper was spent trying to assure people that the creators of Buffy were some horrible and racist closet KKK fan.

Okay I’m going to stop there just because I’m so tempted to swear. And I don’t feel like introducing anyone to some new, shiny and painful insults. This article was a huge waste of my time…