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"Dealing with racist situations"

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munn wrote:
> You only have to watch any black comedy to see it. There's usually no white people, and when there is, they're typically either a toff, a drunken racist or a geeky guy who want to be black.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for example. To be honest though, I never really find any of the jokes offensive, I actually really like the show.

Stridman wrote:
> Memorandum! wrote:
> As always, your logic astounds me.
>
> I don't really care, i'll just block you on MSN and ignore you on
> here.
>
> Haha.

Yeah, except you're not even on my MSN.

And I know for a fact you don't know my e-mail, since only 4 people here do.

Memorandum! wrote:
> erm...?

Sorry. It's not you, he told me he was Merm but I know who it is now.

Funniest programme ever.

EDIT-Fresh prince of bel air is what i was refering too due to the comment before the other posts. :)

JFH wrote:
> Fresh Prince of Bel-Air for example. To be honest though, I never
> really find any of the jokes offensive, I actually really like the
> show.

Yeah, I think the jokes are funny too, as I actually can relate to some, or know someone who can, but any joke like that about a black guy said by someone white would result in the death penalty if it was still around.


If you've seen "Down To Earth" with Martin Lawrence where he's a white guy, and he makes a joke about how black men have their own shopping mall, and white people go to theirs. Everyone of course scowls at him, but it's true, and yet, everyone would be in hysterics if he was black (the entire point of the scene).

Anwyay, enough.

*Stuff*

was just watching "till death do us part" with alf garnett and some of the stuff he used to come up with are unbelievably racist!

like..."we done all dem coons a favour in africa! all they were doin were swingin around in the trees anyway"

And the audience cracks up listening to it!

or†ega wrote:
> stuff about a TV show from the 60's with racism in it.

Was a different time back then.

Although alot of racist things these days is used in humor and without meaning to offend, (stand up comics do it alot) and people take it that way.

But i think it's one of those things that isn't funny to some people, like joking about homosexuality.

I personally think it doesn't need to be said at all there is never really a need to bring race in to a conversation in a negative way.

A bit of 'run and gun' never hurt anyone.

Ashley_90 wrote:
> I think most of you on here know i'm black (well mixed actually)
> although I haven't actually said I am before.

it's very nice of your owners to let you play on the internet isn't it? ;P