I am mixed and have white friends, and a white fiancee, so no accusations of me being racist. Thank you.
Lately I have been going to a comedy club, and alot of the comedian, most of whom are black are telling jokes like that.
Examples:
(black comic): Welcome to Germantown. Where you can see caucasions in their natural habitat.
(black comic): Where are all the rowdy white people. When things get outta hand, y'all gonna get me arrested.
(George Carlin): White people have no business playing the blues. Your job is to give people the blues.
I'll admit I like those jokes, but as long as no one group is picked on.
One comic said, I offended everyone here, but remember, I offended EVERYONE.
Ok, a white poking fun at a black.
There is a ventriloquist named Jeff Dunham who has a black dummy named Sweeeeet Daddy Dee. The dummy tell these jokes making fun of NASCAR and hockey.
Nascar: Look, they making a left turn. Look they're making another left turn. Look another left turn. Go take a nap, you ain't gonna' miss a damn thing!!
Now there is a double standard, but he was joking about blacks (the dummy), and whites (himself) literally in the same breath.
Well, for the most part, I see y'all have a pretty good humor about it.
I'll admit there IS a double standard, most blacks may not be tolerant of the jokes, but in time hopefully we can have a respect for one another and point fun at our flaws and quirks.
My father is a comic, and he always said, only make fun of "your own." As someone mixed w/ black, german, english, polish, and possibly french, I have alot of groups I could tease under that theory…and they are all my blood.
I applaud y'all for being able to laugh at yourselves… if respectful white people (and they'd have to be know to be respectful) told jokes about black people, we could laugh at ourselves. Unfortunately the majority of black jokes are told by racists, or those perceived to be racist.
















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June 19th, 2009 @4:35 pm
I think they're funny.
If a person cannot laugh at themself (or their people group) then they might just need therapy.
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