Vaughn Eaglebear

Vaughn Eaglebear is a Native American comic. In this short clip of one of his stand-ups, Eaglebear mentions many stereotypes of Native Americans and uses these stereotypes to create humor. Some of the Native American stereotypes that are mentioned in his comedic act include lack of education, excessive drinking habits, and primitive practices.

In this short clip, a Native American is creating humor out of stereotypes and is reducing the seriousness of this issue. Could it be possible that Eaglebear’s comedic act is a disservice to his own people? Because he is a Native American and is “humorizing” the stereotypes against his own ethnic group, it could be possible that he is sending the message that intolerance toward Native Americans is not a serious problem. If society treats intolerance as a trivial issue, it will become more rampant in our society. This will create even more hate and will prevent society from truly understanding the beauties of other cultures.