Can Racist Humor Be Funny?

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Lacey Black[/URL][/B], post: 8937064, member: 259053"]A talented comedian can make anything funny.

Uh-huh...

 

[Jagger69]

Here's one of Redd Foxxx's famous jokes that makes light of a racial stereotype:

You know, I read in some magazine that most of the white folks think that all of us black guys carry knives. Now that's just ridiculous. I've got a brother who's been carryin' a razor for years!

I dare say both blacks and whites (and anyone else for that matter) can find the humor in that. If we can learn to laugh at ourselves, the barriers start coming down pretty quickly.

 

[assari]

What is the white person who is not a racist?

Answer: a fucking miracle

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Here's one of Redd Foxxx's famous jokes that makes light of a racial stereotype:

You know, I read in some magazine that most of the white folks think that all of us black guys carry knives. Now that's just ridiculous. I've got a brother who's been carryin' a razor for years!

I dare say both blacks and whites (and anyone else for that matter) can find the humor in that. If we can learn to laugh at ourselves, the barriers start coming down pretty quickly.

Good one. Not racist humor but I always like Redd Foxxx's Wash Yo Ass bit.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Learning to laugh at yourself and be self-deprecating is a sign of good self-esteem. Insecurity is ugly and also easy to poke fun at compounding matters making things worse. Own the words instead of allowing them to own you.

"There's no crying on a message board of pornography!"

 

[Jagger69]

Good one. Not racist humor but I always like Redd Foxxx's Wash Yo Ass bit.

Classic. Damn....I miss that fucker.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Classic. Damn....I miss that fucker.

Get the full run of Sanford & Son. It's cheap. I got the full run of All In The Family, Barney Miller and Taxi too. We sure made some great sit-coms in the 1970s, didn't we?

http://www.amazon.com/Sanford-Son-C...&qid=1429907356&sr=1-1&keywords=Sanford+&+Son

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Hey Jagger, ever see LaWanda Page(Aunt Esther) do stand-up? Talk about a heathen. That bitch is filthy... but I mean that in a good way.

LaWanda Page on the YouTube

 

[Jagger69]

Get the full run of Sanford & Son. It's cheap. I got the full run of All In The Family, Barney Miller and Taxi too. We sure made some great sit-coms in the 1970s, didn't we?

OMG the '70s sitcoms were the absolute best! They show S & S on TV Land all the time. I never get tired of watching them.

Hey Jagger, ever see LaWanda Page(Aunt Esther) do stand-up? Talk about a heathen. That bitch is filthy... but I mean that in a good way.

She'd take that as a compliment! :1orglaugh

 

[Lacey Black]

Uh-huh...

Great example, Carlin is a comedic god and was able to make anything funny.

 

[Ulysses31]

I guess it depends on the joke and the sender/receiver as well as the context, if the joke was aimed at making all people laugh inc those from the 'race' being made fun of then it can be acceptable, however if a joke is made at the expense of those being made fun of (ie putting them down or referencing a bad historical period for them= holocaust jokes) then it's probably racist. Different people of the same 'race' can also react very differently to the same joke, then it comes down to an individuals personality.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

The ultimate in alternative Avant-garde Comedy would be to behead a man in a way that was so comical the man who is being beheaded is laughing during his beheading. Be a delightfully pleasant face as his head sits on his ass.

"Hey, pretty good."

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Hey Jagger, more good Redd Foxxx stuff. YouTube is great for vintage stuff like this. I don't know what I'd do without it.
https://www.youtube.com/results?lclk=long&search_query=redd+foxx&filters=long

 

[luis1972]

It depends on the context.

 

[Jagger69]

Hey Jagger, more good Redd Foxxx stuff. YouTube is great for vintage stuff like this. I don't know what I'd do without it.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dino Velvet again.

:thumbsup:

 

[Ulysses31]

Only if it's about Texas

Q. What's the difference between a University of Houston sorority sister and a scarecrow?
A. One lives in a field and is stuffed with hay. The other frightens birds and small animals.

Q: What's the only thing that grows in Austin?
A: The Crime Rate!

Q: What's the only thing that grows in Arlington?
A: The swelling from your head from getting jacked!

Q: What do you call a good looking girl on the University of Houston campus?
A: A visitor.

Q: Did you hear about the fire in University of Texas's football dorm that destroyed 20 books?
A: The real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.

Q: What does the average Texas Tech University student get on his SAT?
A: Drool.

Q: Why are there so many unsolved murders in Texas?
A: There are no dental records and everyone has the same DNA

Q: Why did the Texas regents decide to cover Texas Memorial Stadium in cardboard?
A: Because the Longhorns always look better on paper.

Q: What happens when blondes move from Louisiana to Texas?
A: Both states become smarter!

Q: What does a girl from Austin do if she's not in bed by 10pm?
A: Go Home.

Q: Why did Texas disband its water polo team?
A: All the horses drowned.

Q: What's the difference between a North Texas diploma and toilet paper?
A: About $50,000 per sheet.

Q: What does it say on the back of every North Texas diploma?
A: Will Work For Food.

Q: Why did the UTEP grad cross the road?
A: Better question why is he out of jail?

Q: Why did the Longhorns football team cross the road?
A: Because it was easier than crossing the goal line.

Q: How is a Houston girl different from a bowling ball?
A: Sometimes a bowling ball is hard to pick up.

Q: How do you get a UTEP fan to laugh all weekend long?
A: Tell him a joke Monday morning.

Q: Whats the difference between El Paso and yogurt?
A: Yogurt has an active living culture.

Q: What's the difference between Texas Memorial Stadium and a cactus?
A: The cactus has its pricks on the outside.

Q: What separates a good team from a great team?
A: The Oklahoma-Texas border.

Q: How do you confuse a North Texas student?
A: You can't they were born that way.

Q: How do you get from College Station, Texas to Austin, Texas?
A: Go west until you smell shit and south until you step in it.

Q. What do you get when you drive quickly through the Baylor Bears campus?
A. An undergraduate degree.

Q. Why do they sell so many button-fly jeans in Texas?
A. Because the sheep can hear the zippers a mile away.

Q: What does a Texas native and a bottle of beer have in common?
A: They’re both empty from the neck up.

Q. How do they separate the men from the boys in Texas?
A. With a restraining order.

Q. What's the first thing an Texas girl does when she wakes up in the morning?
A. Walks home.

Q: What do you call a Texas Tech football player with a championship ring?
A: A thief!

Q: Why don't girls play hide and seek in Texas?
A: No one would look for them

Cemetary
One Day This Kid And His Mom Were Walking Past A Cemetery When They Past A Grave And the Kid Stopped To Read It. He Read Aloud "Here Lies A Texas Tech Graduate And A Great Man." The Kid Then Says "Mom I Dont Get It." The Mom Says "Why Not?" The Kid Says "Why Are there 2 People Burried here?"

source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/worldjokes/texasjokes.html

 

[Jagger69]

Only if it's about Texas

Wow. I'm a bit surprised by this. Why the singular focus against Texas, Odysseus? :dunno: Hey, whatever, I guess....

This isn't racist humor, it's social humor. But hey that's OK....humor (allegedly) is humor after all.....and, aside from a couple of good ones (and there were a few that actually drew a chuckle from me....not many though ), most of them sounded like they were written by a pimply-faced freshman student at the University of Mobilehoma. I forget so please forgive me....where is it that you live again? :dunno:

Show me the source you used for these if you would....I'm sure it would explain a lot.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

When I moved to Texas my first stop was Diamond Shamrock in El Paso. For some reason there were 2 French guys working the register together and it seemed like they didn't have horns.

 

[Jagger69]

When I moved to Texas my first stop was Diamond Shamrock in El Paso. For some reason there were 2 French guys working the register together and it seemed like they didn't have horns.

All the Diamond Shamrocks were bought by Valero and all of the French clerks were replaced with Mexicans.

 

[Ulysses31]

Wow. I'm a bit surprised by this. Why the singular focus against Texas, Odysseus? :dunno: Hey, whatever, I guess....

This isn't racist humor, it's social humor. But hey that's OK....humor (allegedly) is humor after all.....and, aside from a couple of good ones (and there were a few that actually drew a chuckle from me....not many though ), most of them sounded like they were written by a pimply-faced freshman student at the University of Mobilehoma. I forget so please forgive me....where is it that you live again? :dunno:

Show me the source you used for these if you would....I'm sure it would explain a lot.

Sorry I wasn't trying to offend, just trying to show the sort of jokes that don't get called racist because they just play on stereotypes, most people will have a little giggle but more than likely won't believe what's written, a bit like dumb blond jokes. I didn't go out of my way to pick Texas but it just turned out to be one of those places people make a lot of jokes about, I'm sure most of them were written by people who know nothing about Texas or people from Texas themselves.