So a Chinese and a Jew walk into a bar. They order a couple beers together, but the Jew accidentally spilled his beer all over his t-shirt. "Oh crap!" cried the Jew, and he hung his shirt to dry.
"Why don't you just throw it away?" asked the Chinese man.
"Cause this cost me over a WHOLE dollar!" the Jew replied.
The Chinese man gets up to look at the tag on the t-shirt. "Hmm, that's funny," he said, "cause I only got 5 cents for making it."
Did I cross the line? Was the joke too rude or too racist (or too stupid...)? Perhaps you laughed at the joke, because you are neither Jewish nor Chinese. Either way, this joke's going to break someone's balls, and that's the problem with society nowadays. No one's ever completely comfortable laughing at racial prejudice. My response? Screw that, it's time to let loose. Spill out your funnies about what Hitler said to the Black Jew.
Gasp all you want, but this is the solution to racial tensions today. I mean, how else are you gonna be able to laugh, genuinely, with each other? Any other way of laughing is only out of courtesy, like when you smile at a stranger out of politeness.
Being able to crack up over those "horrendous" jokes proves you're willing to cross the line, kinda like the crazy guest that tries to be "in" with the host family. There's no way you can break the ice by being polite and holding back, cause eventually that'll come to bite you in the ass. That's like how the U.S. government accepted equal rights only after immense pressure from the Civil Rights Movement. and look where that's gotten us. Sure, you can say "but we have a Black president now!" yet my dad still doesn't trust the African Americans that walk into our restaurant. Please, someone drop the act and just make an inappropriate joke to break the ice!
So laugh at others, no matter how harsh, but there's a catch: be ready to laugh at others' jokes, even if it's directed at you. Let others tell you about the general faults of your ethnic background. about how your skin color reflects the sun, or about how you could never get a fat lip in a brawl. It is only when you can recognize your own imperfections, no matter how exaggerated, that you can truly appreciate yourself.
And while you're at it. have a drink with that Jew sitting next to ya.
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Hey, just looking through your blog and saw this post. I'm Jewish, and I think it's hilarious! I agree, people should be less sensative. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?
ReplyDeleteYou make a good point, even if it is an over-simplification. You wouldn't want a neo-Nazi telling you the joke about what Hitler said to the black Jew or a KKK member telling the one about the black guy who just would not catch fire properly. There are limits. And we know what they are.
ReplyDeleteMy husband likes to make jokes based on Tropic Thunder: You never go the full retard. It's hilarious, especially given the climate that handi-capable advocates have created.
I did a movie my senior year that used "Takin' Retards to the Zoo" by Dead Milkmen. It was a friggin' riot but of course I had someone come up and gravely tell me her brother was retarded. So I said, "Good for you." She had no idea what to do with that.
just thought of checking your first post. lol nice one... :)
ReplyDeletesome people are not born with sense of humor and full of sensitivity i guess. lol
anyway. i checked your first post because i realized. we both have the same number of followers already and you've been blogging for a year now. hihi, beat ya! lol