10 Movies That Are Terribly Racist About Aliens

2. Men in Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQ41frO-kI MIB is Homeland Security on a planetary scale. Aliens come in and out of their jurisdiction, and they need to kill the bad ones for the sake of mankind. They keep the aliens hidden because they probably saw all the movies on this list, and realised that humanity were just a bunch of racist bastards who'd probably kill any and all aliens they saw, even if said alien was asking them for directions to Yankee Stadium. However, this doesn't count as racism. After all, the fear that humanity will be racist isn't inherently racist. It's a security measure. There are precedents implying that this might be an issue. There are rules in place for a reason. However, this doesn't explain Bugs. Bugs are presented as a race of chaotically evil aliens who destroy everything in sight. There are no good bugs. They think they're so special, but, in actuality, they're a bunch of insignificant bugs, just waiting to be squashed. First of all, an entire race of pure evil creatures? Seems a little farfetched. However, the movie makes it worse by reducing them to harmless insects. Insects, on the evolutionary tree, are far below humanity. They are beneath us. Therefore, they are a "safe" target. We're allowed to think we're better than bugs because, well, we are. However, the bug aliens are different. This is an entire species of alien evolved to resemble bugs. They are capable of space travel, can use weapons, and can speak our language. We would like to think of them as insignificant, but, in actuality, the bugs are technologically superior to us. When they snag the galaxy, one huge concern is that the bugs will gain power over everyone else, which would mean that humanity would be forced to acknowledge we aren't so much different than the lowest forms of animal life. However, there is one film that is so racist against aliens that it's actually disgusting...