Well for the record, my statement was interrogative, not declarative :) I think there is an argument that you can listen to, enjoy, and even tell...jokes with racial overtones, and yet not be a racist.
The opposing view might be that any propagation or repetition of biases and stereotypes that feed racism, especially for one's own amusement in the form of a joke...not only represents a tacit approval of such stereotypes, but helps to keep them alive and ultimately has a detrimental affect on that race...and it doesn't really matter if the person thinks themselves a racist or not, what they are doing has the same affect. I see validity in both ideas. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > > What G said. > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > But you seem to be saying that it's possible to tell a racist joke > > without > > > having racism involved in any way? How? > > > > > > > WOuld it be possible to recognize the stereotypes that racists apply to > the > > race in question, see how the punchline of the joke plays off that > > stereotype, see how that would be funny....and yet not share in the > belief > > of the stereotype? > > > > Put simply...could you think a dumb blond joke is funny, and yet not > think > > blonds are generally dumb? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341709 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
