No, however, I think it is less ok if it plays into a pattern of bigotry and discrimination. A cartoon of a scheming Japanese banker with a big nose isn't necessarily racist -- but a cartoon of a scheming Jewish banker with a big nose clearly is.
I've not seen White Chicks, but I don't see America having a long and sordid history of black comedians dressing up a white people as a means of demeaning them.
“I’ve not seen White Chicks, but I don’t see America having a long and sordid history of black comedians dressing up a white people as a means of demeaning them.”
When you catagorize based on race, and then base your “humor” on that racial profile, it’s racist by definition. The title of the movie “White Chicks” is also racist.
A movie titled “Japanese Chicks” with some Arab men using fake slanted eyes and dressing as Japanese women would be racist.
Using your logic, a black business that didn’t hire white people wouldn’t be practicing racism because America doesn’t have a long and sordid history of black businesses not hiring whites.
Racism is an absolute, it’s not contextual.