As a Black American....

I cannot get over the "jokes" from many members of this forum in recent threads. To me skin colour is never an issue, unless others make it one. It seems because one black fool is insulting white members. The white members feel they have the right to be as foolish.

Live and let live, judge the individual not the race.

Throwaway humour should be thrown away when it comes to certain issues.

Twas then when the Whirly Gurdy Man, came singing songs of love. Whirly gurdy, whirly gurdy, whirly gurdy, gurdy he sang?

Originally posted by Futureman
I cannot get over the "jokes" from many members of this forum in recent threads. To me skin colour is never an issue, unless others make it one. It seems because one black fool is insulting white members. The white members feel they have the right to be as foolish.

Live and let live, judge the individual not the race.

Throwaway humour should be thrown away when it comes to certain issues.

You're right. I'm gonna phone the president and have him stop racism.

Originally posted by Futureman
Throwaway humour should be thrown away when it comes to certain issues.

seig heil!

if you get offended by a joke, the problem lies in your insecurities

why are there tree's in the ghetto?

Public transportation

Originally posted by Bloigen
You're right. I'm gonna phone the president and have him stop racism.

I don't think stopping racism starts with the President. It starts with individuals of all colours, creeds and religions coming together in peace and respecting each other.

Originally posted by inimalist
seig heil!

if you get offended by a joke, the problem lies in your insecurities

No, the problem lies in being unable to see that others have feelings and being accomodating to them.
A time may come when ethnicity is something people can joke about harmlessly, that time is not now. This is because it often indicates an individual or group of individuals true feelings.

Originally posted by Futureman
colour.

Care to change that "Location: America" thing you got going on?

Originally posted by botankus
Care to change that "Location: America" thing you got going on?

I studied in England for some time. My i.p. is an American i.p.

Originally posted by Futureman
To me skin colour is never an issue, unless others make it one.

an eye for an (black) eye

Originally posted by Futureman
I cannot get over the "jokes" from many members of this forum in recent threads. To me skin colour is never an issue, unless others make it one. It seems because one black fool is insulting white members. The white members feel they have the right to be as foolish.

Live and let live, judge the individual not the race.

Throwaway humour should be thrown away when it comes to certain issues.

Well, you did make an issue about it.

Whites are just insecure.

Originally posted by Alliance
Well, you did make an issue about it.

Whites are just insecure.

I responded with my opinion to an issue already prevalent on this noticeboard. Slightly different. Perhaps I should not have opened a thread about it though.

Live and let live, judge the individual not the race.

As a white American. Im highly offended and disgusted that all black comedians make fun of white people.

To me skin is just a color and should not be the focus of judging one's character. I think the government should step in and stop all this hate rather than people learning to grow up and learn to ignore trivial ignorance. It's not enough to let the authorities take care of hate crimes. I believe white people should be granted some sort of retribution for the years of our ridiculed power grip over society 😠

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
As a white American. Im highly offended and disgusted that all black comedians make fun of white people.

To me skin is just a color and should not be the focus of judging one's character. I think the government should step in and stop all this hate rather than people learning to grow up and learn to ignore trivial ignorance. It's not enough to let the authorities take care of hate crimes. I believe white people should be granted some sort of retribution for the years of our ridiculed power grip over society 😠

Even in jest, which I hope this post is. It's disturbing.

Right, so you find jokes with no real feeling behind them, deeply offensive. It seems to me, like you have more of an issue with race, than those who are joking about it.

Quit bitching.

Black Americans are very racist when it comes to comedy.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Right, so you find jokes with no real feeling behind them, deeply offensive. It seems to me, like you have more of an issue with race, than those who are joking about it.

Who used the term deeply offensive? The defense of the indefensible seems common here.

Originally posted by Switch 07
Quit bitching.

Black Americans are very racist when it comes to comedy.

That seems a very general stereotype.

Originally posted by Futureman
Who used the term deeply offensive? The defense of the indefensible seems common here.

So you don't find them offensive, yet you "can't get over them". Odd, no?

Time for a new account.

There will always be discrimination everywhere, no matter how much you don't want to admit it, or how much you want it to go away. As long as we are all different, and are all of different races, there will always be some dick thinking he is better than another.

Don't take it personally when someone is hopefully joking. You usually can tell. But if they aren't, report it.

And it isn't always black people that are discriminated.