MTV brings a new show with a bunch of Italian-Americans who are living on sea shore and enjoy a lifestyle which they call ‘Guido’. And the show which is titled, Jersey Shore, is facing severe criticism for its cast. The MTV Jersey Shore cast consists of 8 Italian-Americans who will be living their summers as roommates in a penthouse near the beach and will be partying, grooming, fighting, loving, and shopping together. Now that seems pretty normal but reading all the hullabaloo being created by the anti-racist organizations, you may start wondering why there is so much uproar against the cast of the show?

A national Italian-American organization claims that the theme of the show is to make ridicule of the Italian-American race. The organization has called the show offensive and have asked MTV to ban it before airing. The two national Italian-American organizations have raised voice against the show and the description of the cast (which consists of Italian-American men

and women only) has depicted them as the tannest and hottest beach-lover guidos. If you are not familiar with the term Guido then here’s an introduction for you: Guido is used for the Italian-American people who largely belong to working class and trying to make good living and to fit in the society. In other words, uncool people who pretend to be cool. One of the organization, UNICO, says that MTV’s Jersey Shore will present a negative portrayal of the Italian-American and depicting them as ‘buffoons’.

While MTV’s spokesman says that the cast of the Jersey Shore ‘takes pride in their ethinicity’ and the show only depicts a subculture of the youth.

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