I am inclined to take that opposing view, but that's not etched in stone and is not what I'm trying to say. I'm actually trying to understand how the first alternative would work. I think I'd need an example though to explain myself... Maybe I will come back to this later.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:53 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. > > 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:341718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
