Bad Jokes & Ebonics

Henry M gravity at nicom.com
Wed Feb 19 07:17:54 CST 1997


Good point about the title of the post! Context is everything. 
However, I reiterate my belief that what makes the "joke" itself 
racist is that it it's "humor" is one-dimensional at most. No irony. 
No real wordplay, etc...

How about one of you academic types supporting 
the claim that the joke contains humor and isn't racist.

Yeah, didn't think ya could, ya buncha fruits. Har, har, har...

On 19 Feb 97 at 20:14, Gary Elshaw wrote:

> Thank you grip. I mean that very sincerely. I've felt very ashamed,
> confused and angry all afternoon. I sincerely meant the apology to
> Bonnie and John earlier, but being accused of being a racist left me
> feeling nauseous to tell the truth. I wasn't trying to pass this off
> as a 'funny' or even mildly humourous joke. I thought that may have
> been clear by the title of the post.

AsB4

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Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner



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