Should racist Slurs be used in Humour?

[DrLeftover]

Bluezone, and Mr. Jazzy.
I am choosing to bow out of this topic seeing as though it has been obvious my in-put has been bad for it.

I wish to respectfully disagree.

In this discussion, you have represented the "high road" and have expressed the attitude that SHOULD be the way the world at large lives by.

Instead of the examples I cited have chosen to ignore the statements by one of the greats of American History and focus solely on skin color:

"And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
....

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

 

[JetWing34]

Racism is unacceptable, of any kind or matter.

It's okay to have blonde and brunette jokes, because it's both based off the color of the hair. Racial slurs are based off the national origin or the color of the skin.

 

[DrLeftover]

It would seem others are having this discussion as well.

Video on page:

Have you ever said something to someone of another culture or ethnicity and later wondered if it was patronising or slightly racist?

A hashtag on Twitter has inspired thousands of people to share their experiences of "ignorant" things white people have said to them: The hashtag #WhiteProverbs has trended in the US and Australia.

Anne-Marie Tomchak of #BBCtrending meets the person behind the trend and asks if it verges on racism or is just a bit of a laugh at white people's expense?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-25652140

 

[Sinon]

I guarantee that using #BlackProverbs would be considered racist.

 

[Naiwen]

I guarantee that using #BlackProverbs would be considered racist.

Really?

 

[DrLeftover]

By using words and the meanings of words right and correctly...

And That, my friend, could be considered a racist statement.

You are implying that Entertainers In The Community (meaning black comics and rappers, and only black comics and rappers) are less educated in the White Man's Language than they perhaps should be. And when they spew out some gibberish disguised as a joke or a song, then whatever they are saying is just fine with those in the Racial Industry (meaning Revs Jesse, Al, & co)

Now, the fact that your statement is, for the most part, TRUE, never comes into play.

It is racist, not slanderous.

 

[DrLeftover]

And somebody like Mr. West would say that he does, and he would call you a "muthafuka" because you don't understand what he is saying.

And, MSNBC would be on his side.

 

[McConnaughay]

I believe that if you can make fun of one group of people, one place, or one idea, that you have to be willing to make fun of all people, all places, and all ideas.

 

[DrLeftover]

How about when there are Officially Protected Classes and a widely practiced, if not legislated, Double Standard?

 

[chatterbox]

So yes... I'm highly sensitive to racist slurs, so I don't think these should be used for any purposes... you?

In my opinion it's a poor type of humour that one uses that contains racist slurs. I find that kind of humour rather unfunny.