John Safran's Race Relations
| John Safran's Race Relations | |
|---|---|
| Created by | John Safran |
| Directed by | Craig Melville |
| Presented by | John Safran |
| Composer(s) | Peter Isaac |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Laura Waters, Debbie Lee |
| Producer(s) | John Safran, Laura Waters, John Molloy, Craig Melville, Roland Kapferer |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 HD |
| Original release | 21 October 2009 – December 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
John Safran's Race Relations is an Australian comedy documentary television series by John Safran broadcast on ABC1 in 2009. The eight-part series is about cross-cultural, interracial and interfaith love. His globetrotting takes him to Israel, Palestinian territories, the Philippines, Togo, Japan, Thailand, UK, Netherlands and the United States.
Episode 1 saw Safran travelling to Israel where his Palestinian boom mic operator made a donation to a sperm bank, then to the West Bank where a donation to a clinic was made by John, in an attempt to make half Jewish half Palestinian children - a "Jalestinian"
Noting that he has dated three Eurasian women, Safran conducts an experiment by stealing and smelling the underwear of five Jewish and five Eurasian women (including Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls and actress Dichen Lachman) to see which he "prefers".
Inspired by the 1961 book Black Like Me, Safran travels the streets of Chicago after undergoing makeup that makes him appear black. He interviews some militants, preaches at a predominantly black church and confronts people for using the word "nigger".
After former Muslim terrorist Walid Shoebat tells Safran that his hatred of Jews was quashed after watching Fiddler on the Roof 300 times, Safran heads to the Palestinian territories, where he attempts to "de-brainwash" representatives of Fatah and Hamas by performing "If I Were a Rich Man" for them. Satisfied with their positive response, Safran performs the song on a Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation talk show.
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