Racist jokes piss me off

[Catmatic Leftist]

Just overheard a bunch of spoiled suburban white kids cracking jokes about mexicans and black ghettos. Fuck I want to just scream at all of them right now.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

ooh that's the worst
i wanna tell you to go fuck their shit up
even though im such a coward myself

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

they might not even realize how disgustingly elitist and bigoted they are
they probably think it's all just jokes and nothing more

[synthesis]

I was in this same scenario once, in college; I was belligerently drunk so I told them that they should all be lynched. One of them said, "there are more of us than there are of you," to which I replied, "yeah, I'm talking about an ideal situation."

[Sir Comradical]

What do you call a Greek coming down an escalator?
Condescending.

What do you call a Spaniard who lost his car?
Carlos.

What do you call a fat Indian woman waiting in a queue?
Motivating. ('Moti' means fat in Hindi while 'vating' is how some Indians say 'waiting')

What do you call a Punjabi man who drinks just beer?
Jasbeer. (A Punjabi name)

Tada!

[Magón]

I don't know why people get so bent out of shape when they hear some racist jokes. If the white kids were seriously trying to be ignorant, and actually racist, all you have to do is put a Mexican or Black guy in the area, and see if they keep saying it. Then you'll know if they're serious or not.

As for Mexican "ghettos" themselves, they are good places for comedy. Carlos Mencia, Pablo Francisco, etc. all make fun of them, and so do I. Even my white friends do, so you can't really say until you either ask them, or you put the elephant in the room and see what they say. :lol:

[Tablo]

I don't know why people get so bent out of shape when they hear some racist jokes. If the white kids were seriously trying to be ignorant, and actually racist, all you have to do is put a Mexican or Black guy in the area, and see if they keep saying it. Then you'll know if they're serious or not.
I think it is racist whether they express it openly or not.

[Magón]

I think it is racist whether they express it openly or not.

If they mean to truly be offensive, then I agree, but race can be made fun of, just like anything else. If we can't laugh at silly things that certain cultures do, then I think that's a bit restrictive and stupid.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

sorry but you cant just decontextualize it like that

[Magón]

sorry but you cant just decontextualize it like that

Uh, yes I can, because if, for example, someone calls me a Wet-back, I take no offense. (Whether they mean it as offensive or not, me taking offense to Wet-back is stupid, seeing who I am.) If me and a friend are reminicing about coming from Mexico to the US, and we jokingly call one another a Wet-back or something similar, neither of us take offense, nor should we. But it someone just casually says something around us like, "Oh did you hear about those Wet-backs sneaking over the border via (insert whatever here)." I'm likely to take offense.

Like I said. If someone wants to make fun of a silly thing in a culture, or a silly stereotype, then let them. As long as it's in good fun, and not meant to be hurtful, then I see no problem with making jokes about "Illegal" Mexicans crossing the border, or whatever else.

[#FF0000]

I had some dude go on and on and on about how Indians own Dunkin Donuts and Gas Stations and all that. A stereotype and a dumb thing to say, though he never said anything outright malicious. This idiot's girlfriend jumped in for that, going on about how bad indian people smell and all that, in front of myself and a friend of mine.

I pretended to change the subject and said to my friend "Oh, did I tell you my girlfriend's back from her vacation?"

"Oh, no you didn't. Where'd she go?"

"India. Visiting family."

Around this time I just make eye contact with the idiots for a long uncomfortable couple of seconds. Then I tell the guy, very matter-of-factly/deadpan, that he's got ridiculous acne for being 21 and tell his girlfriend that she's fat, and then head off to go to class.

Felt p. good.

[Tomhet]

Yeah I don't really get mad at shit like that.. It's a pretty fucking dickish thing to say but what can you do.. Depending on the situation of course.. but I won't say anything sometimes because what can I do if they have these beliefs and don't nessesarily act on them..

[Stand Your Ground]

Just overheard a bunch of spoiled suburban white kids cracking jokes about mexicans and black ghettos. Fuck I want to just scream at all of them right now.
I hear ya. I was at the bus stop after work the other day and some little white kids (couldn't have been more than middle schoolers) yelling the N-word and giggling to themselves. It's shit like that that really gets me going. :cursing:

[Stand Your Ground]

he's got ridiculous acne for being 21
Gee thanks, I'm 21 and I have really bad acne...:(:mad:

[Os Cangaceiros]

Uh, yes I can, because if, for example, someone calls me a Wet-back, I take no offense. (Whether they mean it as offensive or not, me taking offense to Wet-back is stupid, seeing who I am.) If me and a friend are reminicing about coming from Mexico to the US, and we jokingly call one another a Wet-back or something similar, neither of us take offense, nor should we. But it someone just casually says something around us like, "Oh did you hear about those Wet-backs sneaking over the border via (insert whatever here)." I'm likely to take offense.

Like I said. If someone wants to make fun of a silly thing in a culture, or a silly stereotype, then let them. As long as it's in good fun, and not meant to be hurtful, then I see no problem with making jokes about "Illegal" Mexicans crossing the border, or whatever else.

I do kinda agree that what someone says should be placed in context. A lot of what could be considered racist humor or humor making fun of ethnic stereotypes have been told to me in kind of a self-deprecating way by other people:

My old roommate (who was black) once told me (while I was eating fried chicken and drinking grape soda) that I was more black than he was; a Jewish kid I knew told Jewish jokes all the time about Jews being cheap; and a Mexican kid told me a joke about why Mexico doesn't have a summer Olympics team ("because all the ones who can run, jump and swim are already here.") People I know rip on each other because of stupid cultural stuff all the time, always in a good natured way.

I have told people to shut the fuck up and stop being idiots when they start being really malicious about other people, though. One of my friends who was a skinhead at one point now says that he's over that "racist bullshit"; I like to think it's because of my influence. But I don't really think he was ever serious about it to begin with, as he was friends with black kids, whom we smoked pot with on various occassions.

[KC]

Just overheard a bunch of spoiled suburban white kids cracking jokes about mexicans and black ghettos. Fuck I want to just scream at all of them right now.

It's prob cuz you're a spoiled suburban white kid that you were around them in the first place.

[Magón]

I have told people to shut the fuck up and stop being idiots when they start being really malicious about other people, though. One of my friends who was a skinhead at one point now says that he's over that "racist bullshit"; I like to think it's because of my influence. But I don't really think he was ever serious about it to begin with, as he was friends with black kids, whom we smoked pot with on various occassions.

I've told people the same thing, and know what you're saying. I have several black friends, and we're always playing off one another race wise, with no offense to each other, or even other's who are black or brown. But as it's also been said above in Best Mod's post, I've stood up against racism when someone's oblivious to the joking, and thinks it's serious and okay to say things that are offensive. Like the past couple of racist threads in Discrimination, I'm usually the one punching someone to express it's not right (which usually gets through to them, or at least when around me they won't dare say it.)

[#FF0000]

Gee thanks, I'm 21 and I have really bad acne...:(:mad:

Ain't nothin to worry about. Same with being fat.

I just find that deadpan schoolyard insults ("ur fat") are really good parting shots.

[Political_Chucky]

It's prob cuz you're a spoiled suburban white kid that you were around them in the first place.

OOOOOOOOOOO BURN.



I've told people the same thing, and know what you're saying. I have several black friends, and we're always playing off one another race wise, with no offense to each other, or even other's who are black or brown. But as it's also been said above in Best Mod's post, I've stood up against racism when someone's oblivious to the joking, and thinks it's serious and okay to say things that are offensive. Like the past couple of racist threads in Discrimination, I'm usually the one punching someone to express it's not right (which usually gets through to them, or at least when around me they won't dare say it.)

I totally agree with you and explosive. It something much more different when you know that in context, the person is serious. Me and an old group of buddies from my old job were the most diverse group racially and we always took shots at each other. I was Mexican, one was Peruvian, another was Black, another Asian, and another Mexican. It was all in good fun, and in the end, they knew were I stood politically. I remember talking about racial stereo-types with them a few times drinking and everyone pretty much understood how culturally divided some people were, and the fact we could make fun of our own cultures just kinda made us closer friends ya know?

[Rusty Shackleford]

I was in this same scenario once, in college; I was belligerently drunk so I told them that they should all be lynched. One of them said, "there are more of us than there are of you," to which I replied, "yeah, I'm talking about an ideal situation."
i laughed, like, really.

[The Grey Blur]

I was in this same scenario once, in college; I was belligerently drunk so I told them that they should all be lynched. One of them said, "there are more of us than there are of you," to which I replied, "yeah, I'm talking about an ideal situation."

:D

[ZeroNowhere]

What do you call a Greek coming down an escalator?
Condescending.

What do you call a Spaniard who lost his car?
Carlos.

What do you call a fat Indian woman waiting in a queue?
Motivating. ('Moti' means fat in Hindi while 'vating' is how some Indians say 'waiting')

What do you call a Punjabi man who drinks just beer?
Jasbeer. (A Punjabi name)

Tada!
The jokes aren't funny, but I appreciate the sentiment.

[An archist]

Racist jokes aren't funny, my grandfather died in a concentration camp.



He fell of the watchtower and broke his neck.

[Quail]

I've only ever really heard racist jokes/comments that were told in a racist context, probably because I come from what must be one of the least ethnically diverse places I've been to. Racial slurs and racist jokes and comments are really common, and there's not a hint of irony or any context that could possibly be okay.

However, when I'm around other people who share similar political views, we do make ironic comments (actually more often as a parody of homophobic people than racist people, but you know what I mean).

[Catmatic Leftist]

I really don't mind self-deprecation; I am Korean and I complain and make fun of the authoritarian nature of a lot of Korean parents, how strict Koreans are with grades and schoolwork, how we always take our shoes off when we get inside the house, how we eat dog, etc. But from my perspective there was nothing that clued me into that they were just joking around and it just seemed like a bunch of the powerful beating down the powerless.

[Fulanito de Tal]

Racist jokes are for people that cannot come up with other types of jokes. I have noticed that the people that use them also feel inferior to others, so they make jokes about other people to feel better about themselves. They rely on stereotypes and really, unless you are racist, the jokes are not funny at all.

I like to play dumb when I hear a racist joke to ruin it for the person telling the joke. For example, I heard, "Why are black people so tall? Because their/they're negroes (knee grows)." I would responded, "Well I don't think they are so tall. I have about 5 students in class that are black and shorter than me (I'm not black). They aren't called 'negroes' any more unless you are talking in Spanish. The proper term is 'African-American' if referring to the ethnicity or 'black' if race. Also, everyone's knees grow and I don't think that their needs are bigger in size compared to others." This ruins the joke and points out how stupid it is. The Spanish part is that kicker because in their head, that's Mexican.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

Racist jokes are for people that cannot come up with other types of jokes. I have noticed that the people that use them also feel inferior to others, so they make jokes about other people to feel better about themselves. They rely on stereotypes and really, unless you are racist, the jokes are not funny at all.

I like to play dumb when I hear a racist joke to ruin it for the person telling the joke. For example, I heard, "Why are black people so tall? Because their/they're negroes (knee grows)." I would responded, "Well I don't think they are so tall. I have about 5 students in class that are black and shorter than me (I'm not black). They aren't called 'negroes' any more unless you are talking in Spanish. The proper term is 'African-American' if referring to the ethnicity or 'black' if race. Also, everyone's knees grow and I don't think that their needs are bigger in size compared to others." This ruins the joke and points out how stupid it is. The Spanish part is that kicker because in their head, that's Mexican.

Haha i also tend to do that when some people are joking, even when they arnt racist. Just for the fun :lol:

[Robocommie]

Felt p. good.

feels good man

[Kuppo Shakur]

Racist jokes aren't funny, my grandfather died in a concentration camp.



He fell of the watchtower and broke his neck.
Just added to my joke list.

[Political_Chucky]

Racist jokes are for people that cannot come up with other types of jokes. I have noticed that the people that use them also feel inferior to others, so they make jokes about other people to feel better about themselves. They rely on stereotypes and really, unless you are racist, the jokes are not funny at all.

I like to play dumb when I hear a racist joke to ruin it for the person telling the joke. For example, I heard, "Why are black people so tall? Because their/they're negroes (knee grows)." I would responded, "Well I don't think they are so tall. I have about 5 students in class that are black and shorter than me (I'm not black). They aren't called 'negroes' any more unless you are talking in Spanish. The proper term is 'African-American' if referring to the ethnicity or 'black' if race. Also, everyone's knees grow and I don't think that their needs are bigger in size compared to others." This ruins the joke and points out how stupid it is. The Spanish part is that kicker because in their head, that's Mexican.

This is how you make yourself a social outcast.
GIU76trFZjw

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I had some dude go on and on and on about how Indians own Dunkin Donuts and Gas Stations and all that. A stereotype and a dumb thing to say, though he never said anything outright malicious. This idiot's girlfriend jumped in for that, going on about how bad indian people smell and all that, in front of myself and a friend of mine.

I pretended to change the subject and said to my friend "Oh, did I tell you my girlfriend's back from her vacation?"

"Oh, no you didn't. Where'd she go?"

"India. Visiting family."

Around this time I just make eye contact with the idiots for a long uncomfortable couple of seconds. Then I tell the guy, very matter-of-factly/deadpan, that he's got ridiculous acne for being 21 and tell his girlfriend that she's fat, and then head off to go to class.

Felt p. good.
Awesome... just... awesome. :lol:

[NoOneIsIllegal]

This is how you make yourself a social outcast.
GIU76trFZjw
The guy to the left of her is so embarrassed and uncomfortable :lol:

[Il Medico]

If racist jokes piss you off, don't move to the south. Lest you like being pissed off, then shoot.

Just for y'all who don't know just how fucking common racist fuckers are down here, here are some common jokes I hear all the time (Except when black people are around, they gotta save face ya know.:rolleyes:)

Racist Ass Joke 1:
What do you call a hundred niggers on the moon?
A problem.
What do you call a thousand niggers on the moon?
A bigger problem.
What do you call all the niggers on the moon?
Problem Solved.

Racist Ass Joke 2:
Whats the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead nigger/black man in the road?
Ones got screech marks, the others got burn marks. (meaning they speed up for the black guy but tried to stop for the dog)

Racist Ass Joke 3:
What do you call a pool full of black people?
Coco Puffs (hur dur, cuz they're black)

Racist Ass Joke 4:
What do a cider block and a three hundred pound woman have in common?
One day, they'll both get laid by a Mexican.

Racist Ass Joke 5:
Why are Jews noses so big?
Cause air is free.


You get the picture. Its absolutely disgusting down here.

[Fulanito de Tal]

Racist Ass Joke 1:
What do you call a hundred niggers on the moon?
A problem.
What do you call a thousand niggers on the moon?
A bigger problem.
What do you call all the niggers on the moon?
Problem Solved.

That does not make sense. If the problem was to get rid of black people, then 1k of them on the moon would be less of a problem than 100 of them on the moon. Also, if 1k black people can get to the moon, that's more than the amount of white people or the amount of times the person that wrote that joke have gone to the moon. So, congrats to them!



Racist Ass Joke 2:
Whats the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead nigger/black man in the road?
Ones got screech marks, the others got burn marks. (meaning they speed up for the black guy but tried to stop for the dog)

Incredible that someone would value a dog over a black person. Next time the author goes to the doctor and the doctor is black, he or she should request a dog.



Racist Ass Joke 3:
What do you call a pool full of black people?
Coco Puffs (hur dur, cuz they're black)

Is the pool full of milk?? Not all black people have long hair which could be called a "puff". I have seen many sporting fades, fades-to-mohawk, dreads, and braids recently. The joke is stupid too. "What do you call a jar of peanut butter full of rocks? Crunchy." The concept is stupid.


Racist Ass Joke 4:
What do a cider block and a three hundred pound woman have in common?
One day, they'll both get laid by a Mexican.

Well, good for the work ethic of Mexicans. Plus, they don't sexually discriminate women based on weight. Keep the compliments coming!


Racist Ass Joke 5:
Why are Jews noses so big?
Cause air is free.

If that were the case, my knows would be HUGE and I'm not Jewish.

[Il Medico]

*paraphrasing here* These are all stupid
Bingo. Cause it is shit stupid ass racist find funny.

[Chris]

You never went to public school? Racist jokes are common as hell there. You should have gotten used to it after about... 2 weeks. Especially rural ones. Like:
Q: What do you call half-price pork?
A: A jewish dilemma.

Q: What do you get when you cross a Polack with a Satanist?
A: A devil to pluck strawberries (many polacks get jobs at plucking strawberries for middle-to-large farmers)

Of course, there weren't any jews or polacks on the school. Or in the general area (rural, mostly ethnically homogenous area). We had one guy from Uganda in class. No one ever told a negro joke (not even when he wasn't around).
Of course, ginger jokes were dime a dozen (we had a ginger in class). Oh, and rich/spoiled people jokes (we had a guy from a relatively wealthy family).

[StalinFanboy]

I think it is racist whether they express it openly or not.

I don't think words are inherently magical. Saying a "fucked-up" word isn't furthering oppression on its own.



Also, I think "fucked-up" jokes are hilarious.

[Magón]

Racist Ass Joke 4:
What do a cider block and a three hundred pound woman have in common?
One day, they'll both get laid by a Mexican.

I'm going to use that one from now on. LMFAO

[Jazzratt]

Racist Ass Joke 1:
What do you call a hundred niggers on the moon?
A problem.
What do you call a thousand niggers on the moon?
A bigger problem.
What do you call all the niggers on the moon?
Problem Solved. I first heard that "joke" at school, the target however was pakistanis not black people. I've since encountered many variations both in target (polish people, gay people and jews) and inhospitable location (the bottom of the sea is generally the other one). The only one I've heard more variation on is the "x [people of ethnic group] tumble off a cliff in a [car/vehicle associated with that ethnic group] why is that sad? [vehicle] can seat at least x+1."

[Os Cangaceiros]

You never went to public school? Racist jokes are common as hell there. You should have gotten used to it after about... 2 weeks. Especially rural ones. Like:
Q: What do you call half-price pork?
A: A jewish dilemma.

I've heard that one before, told to me by a Jew actually. Other ones he told me:

Q: How was copper wire invented?
A: Two Jews fighting over a penny.

Q: How do you get 100 Jews to jump off a skyscraper?
A: Throw a quarter over the edge.
Q: How do you get another 100 Jews to jump?
A: Tell them that the first 100 didn't get it.

I guess all jokes related to Jews are about their supposed cheapness.

[FreeFocus]

Racist "jokes" are stupid as fuck and anyone who tells them, or thinks they are funny, deserves a good ass beating. I put up with racist shit for years. Nothing funny about it, and really, it's pretty damn immature too.

[Il Medico]

I've heard that one before, told to me by a Jew actually. Other ones he told me:

Q: How was copper wire invented?
A: Two Jews fighting over a penny.

Q: How do you get 100 Jews to jump off a skyscraper?
A: Throw a quarter over the edge.
Q: How do you get another 100 Jews to jump?
A: Tell them that the first 100 didn't get it.

I guess all jokes related to Jews are about their supposed cheapness. Most, but not all. Some people seem to have no qualms with joking about the holocaust.
For example, I heard this gem recently:

Q: How many Jews can you fit in a mid-sized sedan?
A: Two in the front, Three in the back, and six million in the ashtray.

[Political_Chucky]

Most, but not all. Some people seem to have no qualms with joking about the holocaust.
For example, I heard this gem recently:

Q: How many Jews can you fit in a mid-sized sedan?
A: Two in the front, Three in the back, and six million in the ashtray.

Yeah, that is just really, stupid honestly. There are jokes where they make fun of stereo-types in general, then there are jokes that are just plain trying to call attention for "something"(which is plain racism). You can tell the difference in the context, and this is THAT context.

When it comes to these types of jokes, I either just don't plain laugh in their face and walk away, or I change subjects. There are some plain dumb people out there.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

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[Rusty Shackleford]

i hate people who defend their jokes with: "im politically incorrect" as if they were edgey.

no. they are stupid fucks.

[brigadista]

Racist "jokes" are stupid as fuck and anyone who tells them, or thinks they are funny, deserves a good ass beating. I put up with racist shit for years. Nothing funny about it, and really, it's pretty damn immature too.

me too and I agree - its easy to dress it up if it doesnt affect you...

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

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