It's somewhat of a controversial thought but I believe in ethnic humor. I believe (get this) it can actually bring harmony to racial tensions. Ethnic humor is everywhere across this globe. Humans love to make "the other side of the camp" feel humiliated and inferiors. It's part of being. What's interesting is the reasons why certain people make fun of other certain people. There's anthropological, historical, societal reasons why many jokes are told about others. A great book: Ethnic Humor Around the World talks about all of these things in depth categorizing it through regions.
I also stumbled upon this today:List of Ethnic Slurs
That's right, an alphabetized list of many ethnic slurs, and their historical context.
In my opinion a must have for any aspiring humorist. OR artist.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
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