10-19-2015, 05:56 PM
(10-19-2015, 05:44 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: It was a racist joke. People used to get upset about it.... They don't anymore. Because everyone realizes it is what it is.... A joke. Which does not hurt anyone. Is it racist when someone makes a white person joke? No, because it's funny to make fun of each other.
It's still a racist joke. Any joke like that about any race is a racist joke. And yes, people do still get offended by them. Racist jokes are harmful to society, whether you choose to see it or not. But, again, whatever justification you want to use to make yourself feel better about yourself.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
