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COMMENTS:
Well, I suppose on how harsh it is. I laughed at this joke: "The East Indian guy, the Canadian guy, the black guy were all asked to throw something overboard that they didn't want in their country. The black guy threw drugs over. The East Indian guy threw curry over. The Canadian guy threw the East Indian guy over."
by aya on Sun May 21, 06 12:15pm
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One thing is certain: Superiority humor (putting down groups, individuals, sexes, races, etc) is indicative of low moral development.
The healthier jokes are incongruity humor (it depends on surprise, juxtaposition of things, or other plot devices for laughs.
If you are running around putting people down with jokes, or laughing at them, there is a good chance you need to have your brain washed.
It obviously depends on intent. I've told and laughed at many racist jokes. It's not that the joke is racist in and of itself that makes it funny -- it's the way the joke is framed. It's the element of surprise.
I was going to say "not sure" until I read aya's comment. After laughing myself out of my chair, I had to change my view. Ain't life grand? You learn from it every day.
No, not at all.
racist: adj 1: based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks" 2: discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion antiblack, anti-Semitic, anti-Semite(a) n : a person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others racialist
Does laughing at a racist joke necessarily have to mean that you think that your race is superior to another? Nope, therefore it doesn't make you a racist.
But that doesn't mean that you aren't a racist. You can be a racist and laugh at a racist joke. But the joke has nothing to do with it.
^Did you hear the one about the one about the difference between Jews and Pizzas?
Pizzas dont scream in the oven!
ape!
you should be ashamed.
I think I've heard a pizza scream in the oven once last week. Or that could've been one of my co-workers that I didnt get along with :-D
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