Black Ice

In Key and Peele’s comedy sketch “Black Ice” it expresses the stereotype that black people are viewed as dangerous and that white people in some way control everything. In this sketch shows how some white people pass the blame onto black people and black people throw the blame right back at them. The two white anchors constantly talk about how the only problem that’s threatening everyone’s safety is the black ice. In response to this the black weather man talks about how the white snow is the big problem. This shows how our society is always trying to put the blame on someone, most of the time this blame is put on the black people. It’s expresses how a lot of black people are portrayed as “dangerous” just by how they look. The “Black Ice” is a metaphor for how black people are portrayed in America. The white snow that is also mentioned in this sketch is a metaphor for how some black people view the racist white people. In today’s society there is a lot of hate and people feel the need to blame everything on someone or something. In this case its people’s race even though race doesn’t really have anything to do with the majority of America’s issues.