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Originally Posted by skylark
I don't think you have to be white to make fun of white people stereotypes or black to make fun of black people stereotypes.
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That depends on the context.
What's cool for you, the people you know, or some character on TV doesn't mean it is going to be cool in other settings.
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Originally Posted by skylark
Racial humor can be a powerful tool in getting people comfortable in talking about racial issues. I think one of Obama's brightest moments in the primary was when he was asked in a debate whether Bill Clinton was the first black US President and he answered something like "I guess we'd have to do some more analysis to find out. I'd need to, for instance, evaluate Bill's dancing abilities first before I could truly determine if he was, in fact, a brother." I think it was a great moment because with so much racial charge out there, it perhaps kept some people from turning away because the race issue is perhaps to difficult to deal with for some? Is there anyone that this makes sense to because I'm really struggling to express this idea coherently today.
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Obama is a black man so that's an example of how the race of the messenger matters. If a similar reference had been made by a nonblack person, it would not have caused a stink
only if the context and the way it was delivered was not racially insensitive.