Saturday, February 28, 2009

Stereotypes jokes


Stereotype of race or a group of people...
The mayor of a certain town in California is in trouble because he sent an email of watermelon growing on the white house lawn and he declared he didn't know it was raciest. Baloney!

what is wrong with stereotypes? Here is what is wrong with such "JOKES"

In the south a man who grew watermelon to near the road was often a victim of thieves so if you say all Negros love watermelon you are saying "all Negros are thieves!"

Remember I told the tale of raccoons on the white house lawn and said that in the south Negros were Called "coon" and said the headline was "coons on white house lawn".Everyone knows that raccoons are depicted as bandits because they have a dark mask around their eyes so if you call Negros " coons "you are saying all Negros are bandits, pure and simple.

Now Clint Eastwood has said...
The Dirty Harry star insists that he should be able to tell harmless jokes about nationality without fearing that people may brand him "a racist".

Stereotypes Jokes are funny as long as they are not about you and some people are tired of being called thieves because of their race. Here is another, "all Arkansas's' go around bare foot," People who don't wear shoes are poor so if Arkansas's' don't wear shoes they are poverty stricken.

If the shoe fits admit it and don't say I didn't know the meaning of the "joke."
I have one about mayors, Mayor didn't know watermelon on white house lawn was demeaning to Negros, hence all mayors are stupid.

All Irish men drink whiskey hence all Irish men are drunks! You can go on and on with examples of such "JOKES" but at least don't try lying you way out when you are caught.

1 comment:

Margie's Musings said...

All stereotypes are misleading. Once a person is labeled, they are demonized.