Does telling racial jokes

[kermit]

i thought that joke was funny. i read it as a satire about prejudice/racism. but then again, it depends on how you tell the joke. basically, if you didn't follow that up with 'man that would be great wouldn't it?', then i don't see the problem. some people are easily offended, so i would never tell a joke like that to a stranger or aquaintance. everytime i go to dennys i make a stale crack about checking if the chef is wearing a pointed hat and i bet that same guy who was so offended at your joke would be somehow offended by that as well (dennys got in trouble with prejudice and preferential treatment of white customers a few years ago). basically, the guy probably has a stick up his ass.i would leave it at that and forget about it. if you have to run across him on a regular basis, just be civil and keep the jokes to yourself. i save my off-color jokes as fodder for my friends who i know are good people (i.e. non-racist), who appreciate the satire and will get a chuckle out of it. if one of my friends is sensitive with regards to jokes like that or i just don't know, i keep it to myself. it's really all about perspective. i don't make off-color jokes here because i know that several people here are sensitive with regards to prejudice and discrimination and also that many of the younger regulars will fail to see the satire and think that kind of humour as being personally reflective of character as well as encourgement for racist/homophobic statements. however, i hate comedians like don rickles who make racial and ethnic jokes a big part of their act because it does become too-much and i become uncomfortable as i begin to wonder if they are just masking their own racism/homophobia through humour.

see, i think it would be worse if you told that joke and the guy said "yeah, right on...get rid of them all!". then, what do you do? then he thinks he formed some sort of vile bond with you and that could be very uncomfortable. anyways, you got to scope out these people before you try your schtick on them.^_^