I didn't mean to imply that you agreed with me, just that you summarized my view fairly well with your answer.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:53 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:341712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
