racist jokes are still racist; and therefore harmful.

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samlockxo:

racist jokes are jokes and yes harmful, BUT they’re light hearted jokes. Shane makes fun of everything, and if you were to watch some of his older videos, he’s made fun of taylor swift, justin bieber, one direction, lady gaga..
so you’re saying POC can make fun of whites, but comedians can’t make a joke about POC? makes sense..

when a person from an oppressive group insults a person from an oppressed group it is more harmful than if a person from an oppressive group insults another person from an oppressive group. Did he make racist jokes again Swift, Bieber, Lady Gaga, etc? Or are his racist jokes reserved for people of color? Even if he made jokes about white people it would not be harmful, not on any level close to being as harmful as a white person making racist jokes against a person of color. Why are you more concerned with his feelings, a person who promotes racism, than the people he is promoting racism against? 

Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 22 PM