Bad Jokes & Ebonics

[David Casseres]

grip sez

>Really, Bonnie. If you commented that the prayer wasn't very funny, I'd 
>agree with you. But to claim racial hatred as a motivation for writing 
>it or simply passing it on is a bit too much without knowing the people 
>involved.

I don't think that the person passing it on was necessarily a racist.  
However, as Bonnie said, the "joke" itself -- the text -- is hate speech, 
regardless of why someone transmitted it.



Cheers,
David