Don't get me wrong, I love to hear jokes, but at what point does a joke become a racist comment. How many more "black jokes" compared to "white jokes" have you heard that have negative connotations. Well for me, society has created a world where in my personal life, I rarely hear white jokes that insinuate that whites are awful human being who cannot support their family or live in a successful manner. Many who make racists jokes say that it is easier to think of a black joke that is funny and many believe to be true compared to any other race. Listed below are several blacks jokes that I have heard. Many are piercing to your morality, but the importance is to show that white Americans still feel like they have more power and success compared to a black person.
1.Whats the difference between a black guy and a white guy that sell drugs?
-ones a pharmacist and the others a drugdealer
2.Why are black people so fast?
-All the slow ones are in jail.
3.Whats the difference between a black jew and a white Jew?
-The black ones have to sit in the back of the gas chamber.
4.Whats long and black?
-The unemployment line.
5.What is the only positive thing about black people?
-HIV
(http://www.angelfire.com/rock4/leaf_fan_1988/blackjokes.html)
These jokes have unfair connotations to African Americans. Blacks should not be at the center of racists comments. Yes, they may appear to be jokes, but many of these jokes made me cringe and I am a white teenager, so I cannot imagine what it would feel like for an African American to hear these jokes. Something needs to be done, but what is it?
Thursday, April 15, 2010
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These jokes are so common now that people do not find them offensive anymore. The people who say them are usually people who do not seem to be racist, but they still seem to think that these jokes are humorous and do not hurt others. I have many African friends who are actually offended by the jokes and resent being the butt of all of them. They see the jokes as a continuation of racism even after they have earned their civil rights.
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