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In Defense of Racial Humor
American Thinker ^ | 03/25/2013 | Selwyn Duke

Posted on 03/25/2013 7:05:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/25/2013 7:05:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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All humor involves pain.

I fall down a manhole......that's drama.
You fall down a manhole....that's funny.

Racist humor so elegantly lends itself to the task.

2 posted on 03/25/2013 7:12:23 AM PDT by laotzu
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To: SeekAndFind

Blacks can indulge in racial humor. Nobody else, though.


3 posted on 03/25/2013 7:18:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don rickles would never make it today.


4 posted on 03/25/2013 7:22:39 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: SeekAndFind

In the USA “racial humor” is a trap. The officially-designated victim can make fun of the “oppressor” class, and in fact may even go so far as to murder a member of the “oppressor” class without any consequences.

But if a member of the “oppressor” class says “watermelon” he loses his job and his reputation.


5 posted on 03/25/2013 7:22:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: laotzu

Not always pain but definitely reality.

Anymore it is racist to even notice that someone is black, it is okay for any other race or ethnicity but not black.


6 posted on 03/25/2013 7:22:54 AM PDT by tiki
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To: SeekAndFind

My impression is that one can always make fun of the Irish.

I guess that means they can take it.

But there’s always a fair game group. One wouldn’t see Fr. Guido Sarducci’s portrayer switch out his outfit, racially derogatory nickname and religion. No way. I know it’s an old gag, but making fun of Catholicism is fair game but not many other religions are.

Making fun of dad’s in pop culture and sit coms is rampant and nothing is off limits in the arena. And it’s damaging. A lot of men deserve it for giving in to and taking advantage of the sex without commitment culture that has destroyed our culture. They’ve unwittingly become subservient laughing stocks, shameless and unworthy of respect. the pop culture is not aware of the reasons men are seen as wimps. anyway, there are many men who haven’t . anyway, making fun of them is not helpful.

It’s okay to make fun of any generally successful group.


7 posted on 03/25/2013 7:24:56 AM PDT by stanne
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To: SeekAndFind

Tell me who’s offended by this one

Q: Why does Mexico do so poorly in the Olympics?

A: Because every Mexican who can run, jump or swim is already here.


8 posted on 03/25/2013 7:25:06 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: SeekAndFind

eenie, meenie, miney, mo


9 posted on 03/25/2013 7:25:30 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: laotzu

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.” - Mel Brooks


10 posted on 03/25/2013 7:26:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: stanne

Q: Why don’t Baptists make love standing up?

A: It can lead to dancing


11 posted on 03/25/2013 7:27:20 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: I want the USA back

And if there is ANY HINT that the “oppressor” class doesn’t really oppress or that the “victim” class isn’t really being victimized,

they raise HELL to get the hinter silenced.

There’s power in maintaining the illusion of the “oppressor/victim” context.


12 posted on 03/25/2013 7:28:18 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SeekAndFind

Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks did more to neuter the N word than anyone else in history. It was on the way to becoming a playground joke until the civil rights “leaders” turned it into a holy word that cannot be spoken.


13 posted on 03/25/2013 7:29:31 AM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Blacks can indulge in racial humor. Nobody else, though.”

You got that right, ever seen a black comedian? they cant go 30 seconds without mentioning race or cracking on whites, they’re absolutly obsessed with i.


14 posted on 03/25/2013 7:33:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s a testimony to the breadth and depth of the dedicated Marxists’ power grabs.

They wanted to clear the decks so that only capitalism-, Christianty-, morality-bashing, etc. jokes could dominate.

Just like they want to clear American history’s heroes and replace them with “social justice” heroes. Or Western Civ with minority studies.

The list is endless.


15 posted on 03/25/2013 7:33:57 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: muir_redwoods

LOL!


16 posted on 03/25/2013 7:34:11 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This has started out as a fairly humorless thread.

I wonder where self-deprecating humor falls on the continuum of knee-slappers?


17 posted on 03/25/2013 7:35:14 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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“My impression is that one can always make fun of the Irish.”

Two Irishmen walked out of a bar......It could happen!


18 posted on 03/25/2013 7:36:59 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: SeekAndFind

Mark Twain’s LIBRARY OF WIT AND HUMOR had quite a few jokes about blacks, Italians, Irish, sailors, ect.

They are still hilarious today.


19 posted on 03/25/2013 7:39:44 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (CLICK my name. See the murals before they are painted over! POTEET THEATER in OKC!)
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To: muir_redwoods

We need a “like” button on Free Republic. Many times I just want to signify that I like a post without comment.


20 posted on 03/25/2013 7:40:26 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell ( Obama is the problem-impeachment is the solution.)
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