Line #23 PlayingWith/RacistGrandma


1	'''Basic Trope''': An elderly person who carries racist attitudes and/or uses racial terms now considered derogatory.
2	* '''Straight''': [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens Alice]] refers to [[BlackAndNerdy Bob]] as "that negro over there."
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Old man Alex [[NaziGrandpa committed war crimes in the SS]].
5	** Alice treats Bob like he's there to serve her even though he isn't.
6	** Alice refers to Bob as a far worse N-word.
7	** Alice upbraids Bob for not being out in the cotton fields toiling, and demands to know where his "master" is.
8	** Alice turned her backyard shed into a [[DeadlyGas gas]] [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust chamber]]
9	** Alice hates everyone who isn't completely white, straight, [[FemaleMisogynist male]], cisgender, Christian/atheist/agnostic, neurotypical, and healthy to the point in which even [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]] would believe she's too closed-minded.
10	* '''Downplayed''':
11	** Alice ignores Bob in a reception line because she doesn't shake hands with black people.
12	** Alice says that Bob is [[YouAreACreditToYourRace a credit to his race]].
13	** Calling Alice "racist" would be a bit of a stretch, but she does believe in a lot of stereotypes and may use terms that are outdated and nowadays considered offensive.
14	** Alice is in her 50s as opposed to outright elderly, but the trope plays out anyway.
15	* '''Justified''':
16	** Alice is unaware that the term "colored" is no longer acceptable.
17	*** Alternatively, Alice is [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]], and is unaware that, in America, "colored" is an out of date term for Black people, rather than the more or less acceptable term for mixed-race people it is in South Africa.
18	** Alice hasn't been around many different-race people in her life; anyone who looks different ''really'' stands out to her.
19	** Alice grew up in a time when her behavior would have been seen as normal and acceptable, and has a hard time accepting that times (and standards of behavior) have changed due to ValuesDissonance.
20	** Or, she ''has'' accepted that times have changed, but is going senile.
21	** Alice is a member of a Neo-Nazi group.
22	** Alice realizes such terms are generally considered offensive, but actively considers such modern values PoliticalOvercorrectness.
23	** Alice grew up in an environment where many different-race people bullied and possibly tortured her. The end result is a BrokenBird who despises people of different races.
24	* '''Inverted''':
25	** Alice is one of the most politically correct characters on the show, possibly even to the point of PoliticalOvercorrectness.
26	** Alice is only 7 years old, [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes and she's already a consummated and utterly bitter racist]]!
27	* '''Subverted''':
28	** Alice keeps staring at Bob because he looks different... But then it turns out she's staring because Bob reminded her of someone she used to know.
29	** It turns out that Alice was just an InnocentBigot, or had done something that was MistakenForRacist.
30	* '''Double Subverted''':
31	** She then realises that Bob isn't the person she thought, and promptly calls him a negro.
32	** Alice was trying to get out of it by using the JustJokingJustification.
33	* '''Justified ''and'' Double Subverted''': Alice is [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]], and is unaware that, in America, "colored" is an out of date term for Black people, rather than the more or less acceptable term for mixed-race people it is in South Africa... but is also an AmoralAfrikaner who shows extremely vocal support for [[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid]].
34	* '''Parodied''': Alice has the attitudes towards racial matters of the DeepSouth in the Fifties. The '''Eighteen'''-Fifties.
35	* '''Zig Zagged''':
36	** Alice doesn't show outdated prejudice against people of color--as long as they're professionally dressed and groomed. Any variation from business attire brings out her bigoted side.
37	** While Alice does refer to blacks as Negros, [[FairForItsDay her words and action were considered progressive for her time]] as a civil rights activist. If called upon it she apologizes for it as being InnocentlyInsensitive but unfortunately has trouble remembering.
38	* '''Averted''':
39	** Alice uses no racially-insensitive terms.
40	** Alice never meets or sees Bob.
41	** Alice only refers to Bob as "The darker skinned gentleman" there, and asks for his name so she can use that rather than descriptors for him.
42	* '''Enforced''': The story takes place in the South sometime after the period of the Civil Rights Movement, Alice is from an older generation that still caries some racist attitudes.
43	* '''Lampshaded''': "I'm sorry, Bob...Grandma hasn't caught on with the whole PC movement..."
44	* '''Invoked''': Alice can't reach something at the supermarket, and requests (or demands) help from Bob.
45	* '''Exploited''': Alice is running for City Council and her opponent sets up a situation with Bob to [[EngineeredPublicConfession reveal her outdated views]].
46	* '''Defied''':
47	** Alice doesn't want to be seen as racist, so she reaches for the MacGuffin herself.
48	** Someone informs Alice of the social changes of the last few decades, and Alice makes an effort to comply with current social norms. (But not in a TotallyRadical way.)
49	* '''Discussed''': "Grandma, you shouldn't say those words in front of Bob!" "Poppycock! People are too damn sensitive nowadays."
50	* '''Conversed''': "Why are old people usually racist in fiction?"
51	* '''Implied''': Alice seems to treat Bob worse than most of the other characters, but it's unknown if it's because of racism or because of something completely unrelated.
52	* '''Deconstructed''':
53	** Bob is one of her grandson Charlie's best friends and their relationship becomes strained.
54	** Bob and Charlie refuse to tolerate Alice's racism just because of her age, and they abandon her to a life without seeing a part of her family.
55	* '''Reconstructed''':
56	** Charlie is mortified by Grandma Alice but Bob, tired of dealing with subtler, more grating back-handed racism, finds Alice's combination of [[AtLeastIAdmitIt candor]] and [[HarmlessVillain impotence]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice entertaining]].
57	** [[NeverMyFault Alice blames Charlie for Bob abandoning her]], and so her racist views are reinforced.
58	* '''Played For Laughs''':
59	** Alice [[StupidEvil unnecessarily]] gets off the bus when a [[InvertedTrope black person]] [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement gets on]].
60	** Alice's racist attitudes are played as CrossesTheLineTwice - a regular person saying racist things is upsetting, but when a grandmother holding a tray of cookies says racist things, it's considered hilarious.
61	* '''Played For Drama''': Bob takes Alice's remarks personally.
62	* '''Played For Horror''': [[EvilOldFolks Alice]] is the BigBad, and is planning a genocide.
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64	I don't want to be the one who has to back to [[RacistGrandma the main trope]] and tell Gran that she doesn't have NWordPrivileges anymore...
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68	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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