Just doing my part to make this less of a humorless thread!
Posted on 03/25/2013 7:05:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
If laughter really is the best medicine, it's no wonder race relations are in a state of ill health.
Many years ago I spent quite a bit of time with a Zambian friend. He remarked one day that he found America's hang-up with racial humor a bit strange, as racial jokes were not at all off-limits in his country. And call it my one concession to multiculturalism, but neither were they off-limits in our relationship. We would occasionally engage in innocent racial humor just as we would any other kind of jesting - and no hate-speech charges were contemplated.
The notion that racial humor is inherently damaging is utter nonsense. Whatever the type of humor, it can be innocent or cutting, good-natured or mean-spirited, and the difference is almost always obvious. And this is true of most any kind of expression. Political commentary, music, or art can be used to clarify or confuse, or to enlighten or benight, just as firearms can be used to protect innocent life or take it. It's not the tools, but the intentions of the worker.
And what have we worked ourselves into? If you have a friend who is fat, skinny, blonde, or bald, or has curly locks, or possesses any other notable distinguishing characteristic, it will likely be a source of humor between the two of you (this is especially true among men). Making light of our differences is simply part of normal human interaction - and it is actually a strength. After all, should we be unable to laugh at ourselves?
This brings us to an important point. What kind of person would you not engage in this type of humor with?
A stranger.
Before we're willing to poke even innocent fun at one another, we must have a level of familiarity.
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BaDaBum!
No problem.
Q: What is the difference between a slave, and a snow-tire?
A: The snow tire doesn't sing when you put chains on it.
(there really aren't any great snow-tire work songs)
LOL!!!
Reminds me of my summer job in DC working with an all African-American crew (back then you could say black). I told them on the first day-You don’t call me honky and I won’t call you nigger. They all laughed, and we got along fine.
I don’t think that could happen today.
RE: Don rickles would never make it today.
What about Archie Bunker?
Also Don Imus. Over the years, he has made fun of just about every racial,ethnic and religious group imaginable. From the Southern Baptists getting him booted off some stations for his Rev. Billy Sol Hargis routines to the more recent “nappy headed hoes” incident. I lost a great deal of respect for the I-man when he groveled at the feet of al Sharpton begging him for forgiveness.
If you guessed the targets of the joke, then go to the head of the class. One of them (a good Catholic) told me this joke when John Paul was Pope:
After his first trip to America, he was interviewed as to how he liked it.
"All except two things," he said.
"The Polish jokes were rather insensitive and demeaning. Then there were the M&M's candies."
"The jokes, I can understand," said the interviewer. "But why the M&M's?"
"Too hard to peel", replied the Pontiff.
Jackie Chan got into trouble using the “N” word. Only Blacks can use it to each other.
See here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2LJTCBPtg
Q: Why do Puerto Ricans have such a low suicide rate?
A: You can't jump out of basement windows..
We should be able to make fun of ourselves, and others, with love in our hearts.
When laughter has been prohibited, wherever it may be, there is no joy in life.
Oh, yeah. I am a n-—— (just so it doesn’t get extinguished by the editors). We ALL are, to the government, and THEIR slaves, too!
I live in West Virginia with my parents, and four brothers.
I go to school, and usually keep my grades up.
I raise chickens, and help harvest in the fall.
I'm thirteen, and still a virgin.
Are my brothers gay?
Yours,
Darlene
One of the MANY things leftists cant distinguish between is humor and riducule.
Their idea of racial humor is to call white people “cracker” “honkie” “whitebread” etc., and then dig out their patented affectation of what a white man with a stick up his ass sounds like.
Then you just have people like Chris Rock, Dave Chappell, George Lopez, Carlos Mencia, and dozens of others who just plain hate white people. They all act like they were ghetto born and bread but nothing of the kind. Rich looters peddling hate.
I have to deal wiht a lot of “reverse-racism” on this job. And it is NOT challenged by the management, either.
One guy in particular is openly hostile to “those dirty white people” as he called a couple employees a few days ago. Also—he feels and says, loudly,”whites need to go to the back of the line” when any other race is needing to use the microwave ovens, etc—to the point he will REMOVE a white persons food from one MWV and put his own food in there—if it is a white person. This too is not challenged..but I WILL say something if he does it to ME!!
Just doing my part to make this less of a humorless thread!
Q: What is 12 inches long and white?
A: Nothing.
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