Is the example of blackface any less stereotypical than some of the roles today? I think the difference is that you didn't see black actors then and now we do.

I don't think Soul Plane is much different, but that's my 2cents. Spoken as a white dude in a part of the country with extremely low black population, so what the f*ck do I know?

The main difference is that the actors today are actually black, and not just white guys in blackface. But I do see your point. The cultural stereotypes are still being perpetuated even today, only by different perpetrators. This is the main crux of Cosby's recent rant. Did Amos-N-Andy become any less offensive when it went from a radio show being voiced by white guys to a TV show starring black guys whose dialogue was written by white guys?

Whatta ye wanna do to-day, Amos?

I don' know, Andy. Whatta ye say we kill whitey?

You strapped?

Word up.

Let's roll on dese muthafuckas.

(From Not for Broadcast, a comedy album from the staff of the ONION, released 1996.)

(The sketch "Big Friendly Dog" is another classic.)

(And "Triple X Hott Phone Flesh" is sublime.)

or dirty ones.