Jokes about Minorities...

Hmm...Did I? Point it out. I don't feel like thinking after a day of skipping school. I can do that tomorrow.

"Cracker" is short for "whipcracker" which comes from the "crack" sound the whip makes.

Clearer? Yea, I skipped that whole shortening thing, but so what.

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
"Cracker" did actually come from lynching, it comes from the "crack" sound the whip makes.

"Cracker" is short for "whipcracker" which comes from the "crack" sound the whip makes.

I think.

They were abused before they were hung though. From what I know they were tarred and feathered but that could just be in the movies/books.

Well, I suppose that works, then.

Originally posted by FeceMan
Lynching is a hanging...the whip sound to which you are referring to comes not from this but from the whipping the slaves received.

I think.

Wait...lynching is hanging? Someone lied to me. Didn't they get flogged before they were hung though? I dunno. whatever.

Anyway, Afro Cheese, I learned it from a very very odd man. By odd, I mean he researched relatively useless information daily, and then spewed it to our class, instead of teaching us English like he was supposed to.

By odd, I mean he researched relatively useless information daily, and then spewed it to our class, instead of teaching us English like he was supposed to.

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
Jokes about race aren't about their actual skin color, if you haven't noticed. It's about the general differences in what the races do.

You haven't told me about what's wrong about making it acceptable. If you take a negative, and turn it into a positive, where's the downside?

Again, if you must say "so-called" then it ISN'T A JOKE. A joke is always undeniably just that, a joke. If it's blatantly questionable in nature, it isn't a joke anymore.

Whats wrong with making it acceptable? You are making racism socially acceptable and you're asking me whats wrong with it?

If you dont think there is nothing wrong with it, then i certanly hope there are less people like you in United States.

Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
Again, if you must say "so-called" then it ISN'T A JOKE. A joke is always undeniably just that, a joke. If it's blatantly questionable in nature, it isn't a joke anymore.

Thats bullshit. Not everyone laughs at the same jokes, what are you talking about? Just because you find the racist joke hilarious, does not mean that the people of that colour will too. Pointless.

Thats bullshit. Not everyone laughs at the same jokes, what are you talking about? Just because you find the racist joke hilarious, does not mean that the people of that colour will too. Pointless.

If you dont think there is nothing wrong with it, then i certanly hope there are less people like you in United States.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Whats wrong with making it acceptable? You are making racism socially acceptable and you're asking me whats wrong with it?

If you dont think there is nothing wrong with it, then i certanly hope there are less people like you in United States.

If it's accepted, the 'sting' is taken out of it, and noone becomes offended anymore. Well, where's the downside?

Thats bullshit. Not everyone laughs at the same jokes, what are you talking about? Just because you find the racist joke hilarious, does not mean that the people of that colour will too. Pointless.

Yea, that part where you quoted me, it didn't say everyone would find the joke funny, just that you'd understand that it's a joke. You've never had that experience? "Oh, yea, I get the joke. It's just not funny." Everyone's been through that.

Next time quote me! 🙂

Originally posted by FeceMan
Next time quote me! 🙂

Ok!

Like I said before... it is all in the manner it is told.

To quote myself from another thread:

Originally posted by WindDancer
I mean come on! Haven't you ever heard a joke and don't understand the punchline, but later after thinking about it suddenly it hits you? That's how humor works sometimes.

Same with Racist jokes.

Wow, this thread is educational...

The only thing I've learned is that the British have no sense of humor because they're too busy being politically correct to laugh at a good joke when it's represented....

period

hey, whoa, america is way more pc than britain... look at the janet jackson 'indcident'. over here we take things with a pinch of salt, alot of americans don't.

we have a decent sense of humor...

nudity on public television during a family broadcast is an entirely different animal than verbal humor.

yeah, but america genuinely seems to have gone pc overboard...

Speaking of British Humor:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1972565.stm

Bernard Manning says it all with this statement:

""You never take a joke seriously," he says. "It's a joke! "

Words of wisdom.

there are people like that everywhere...

bernard manning... excellent.
a joke is a joke, plain and simple...