SHOULD A JOKE BE RACIST/FUNNY BASED ON CONTENT OR WHO SAYS THE JOKE?

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prediction : SHOULD A JOKE BE RACIST/FUNNY BASED ON CONTENT OR WHO SAYS THE JOKE?

[+] serious ballot by jappy
ACTIVE Mon Apr 09, 07 - Sat Jan 02, 10
Should the determination as to whether a joke is racist or funny be determined by the person telling the joke, or should the determination be based on the content of the joke itself?

I say this with thoughts about what Imus said, calling the mostly black Rutger's women's basketball team 'nappy headed hos'. The reason I bring this up is because over the last 30 years you can find that Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryer, Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle, to name only a few, have said far worse yet are allowed to simply because they are black.

Do you believe the color of a person's skin should be the deciding factor in whether or not a joke is funny or racist?

Content should decide humor, not race.
If you are a certain race, you have a free pass to make jokes others can't.
It all makes me laugh, I think people just need to lighten up.

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COMMENTS:
Gah. I think all three of the choices you put are valid. So... I vote for all three.

by ThisIsNate on Mon Apr 09, 07 10:32pm [+]

Voted : It all makes me laugh, I think people just need to lighten up.

I have to decide on this one. But it is interesting to watch a guy like Dave Chappelle do his schticks and never get in trouble. And I LOL at his portrayal of white people.

by mojo on Tue Apr 10, 07 5:47am [+]

I guess History must play a role in it here? The legacy of segregation and the fact that white people came up with the N-word?

Dunno. I guess it's a complicated issue, but I do enjoy laughing at those comedians you name above. And think about Carlos Mencia. He's an equal-opportunity 'racist' comedian, who's one of the funniest guys around.

(Don Imus however, has never made me laugh -- not coz he's racist, but coz he seems like an angry old fart.)

by mojo on Tue Apr 10, 07 5:57am [+]

I think the perception of whether the intentions are good or bad matters.

by skylab on Tue Apr 10, 07 2:52pm [+]

Voted : Content should decide humor, not race.
IMO, if you have to pull race into the joke, then you've lost most of the pop. mojo, I'm not that fond of Chappelle's stuff, either. Pryor did a lot of racial stuff, but I *lived* a lot of that first- or second-hand, and could laugh at the memories it evoked more than the actual joke.

by Truthseeker013 on Tue Apr 10, 07 5:27pm [+]

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