Whether it be the racist humour of Chris Rock or the masojonistic jokes of Bernard Manning, all of us, at some point, have laughed at so called 'bad' comedians. Whether we like to admit it or not, jokes which do display prejudice and bigotry are, and certainly can be, very funny! No-one likes to admit that they are either racist, sexist or prejudice in anyway. And, in all fairness, most people living in this multi-cultural society are not. Nor is it the genuinly biggoted people which I want to talk about in this blog. My sole purpose to this blog, is to express my belief that to laugh at a prejudice joke does not neccaserily make you a biggoted person! I believe that all humans, by our very nature are just racially-aware. When we look at a person, what is the first thing we see....The colour of their skin. And automatically, whether we want them to or not, stereotypes are conjured up in our mind about that type of person! However, this does not make you a racist! It just makes you a product of your enviroment! Because in this society, there are certain stereotpes of different typres of people, everywhere we look. Whether that be television, films or advertisements. So, to then laugh at jokes about these certain types of people, does not and cannot make you a racist. It just simply plays upon the stereotpes and idea's we all have anyway! As long as a person knows that the humour is based on an often unrealistic stereotype and does not take it seriously, I think it is only normal to laugh at these jokes and comedians.
Below is a link for Chris Rock doing some of his funniest stand-up comedy:
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