How Satire forces people to stomach big topics

     In their satirical video, "is this country song racist?" Key and Peele show how some will be entirely blind to the undertones and normality of racism in everyday media, art, and interpersonal interactions. The pair parodies a friend unable to see the inherent racism in his favorite country songs he grew up on, while the other points out the underlying racist lyrics and ideals in the music, both taking on a humorous tone to somewhat sugarcoat the deeper, more serious point of the video. 

Satire has often been used as a form of pointing things out to those too stubborn to see. As egotistical as it sounds, humans inherently do not want to see "stupid" compared to those around them. Satire uses this to its advantage, saying something in a way that insinuates the correct answer and makes those who didn't see it before feel embarrassed for being blind to it. It's really not as bad as it sounds. Usually used innocently, but can be very effective, particularly for stubborn standpoints. 

Satire comes off as humorous. Humor has a special ability to unite people, make everyone open to listening to something funny, even when they'd normally outright refuse to hear about anything opposing their particular opinion. In this way, satire is able to lower the inhibitions of those unwilling to listen, and thus, when it gets to the point in the parody where they realise the content is to point out their own flaws, or the flaws in their opinions, they are too far in. Once your eyes are opened to the holes in your own logic, it is much harder to patch and ignore them. 

So, satire sort of has a way of sneaking up on people. While you can ignore opposing opinions, as to not have your own change all you want, sometimes satire is the key to sneaking into your life and causing your perspective to change. Combining the humor that brings people together with a bit of trickery to get the point across.