I spent an hour last night with my black boyfriend listening to comic after comic make fun of people of my race. I know this has been addressed before but then I think not because I'm not sure how many white people actually watch BET enough to know how we are spoken of. If a black person were to watch George Carlin or Jeff Foxworthy talk about lynching someone in a joke, how would that go over? Wouldn't the NAACP be up in arms in a split second? Wouldn't Al Shartpton and Jessie Jackson rush to speak out against the injustice? C'mon people. Remember Rodney King, second only to Martin Luther King in his sentiment - "Can't we all just get along?"
2006-12-09 08:10:14 · 6 answers · asked by A B 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Mind of Mencia is hillllllarious, and we all just need to ease the tension of this whole race thing anyway, so if humor does it then wonderful, I say keep using it. It makes us more comfortable to talk about things that may be touchy to address. I think if we all looked into the humor of a subject, then maybe we would all be able to see things from the other persons point of view and be more understanding and less judgmental.
2006-12-09 08:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by NolaDawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well white people make fun of blacks and other races as well so i dont know what your talking about. There is a fine line between funny and racist. See if you go up there and call them N...ers and what not and I will hang you upside down and lynch your sorry blahblah blahs then you obviously are racists. The very fact that you think its funny that people got tortured and murdered and abused for their skin color and lynching is funny you are one sick individual that needs some help. You can make fun of attitudes thats what comidians do not about how you killed someone or treated them many years ago. Get it over it if you don tlike being insulted then dont watch the show.
2006-12-09 16:42:02 · answer #2 · answered by TOokieTook 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to hear some real humor, watch Mind of Mencia! That guy rips on everyone without any respect to race, religion, color or creed, and he's freakin' funny as hell! Not to mention (but I will) his observations are truly honest.
2006-12-09 16:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by boots 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with boots watch mencia he is a mexican guy who gets on blacks, whites, and lationos, and asains. He is cool. and there are white ppl who go on BET and they talk abotu black ppl on there..and we cant do anything but laugh because 99 percent of any comic that steps on that stage is telling the truth...so why nto laugh at it?
2006-12-09 16:23:39 · answer #4 · answered by Shawn C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who cares. If people feel as they need to make fun of white then let them. It helps them feel as if they belong and that their lives have meaning.
2006-12-09 16:20:42 · answer #5 · answered by Zikro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its comedy. Gie it a break. Its funny.
2006-12-09 16:27:37 · answer #6 · answered by Fredo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋