Hmm

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Somebody just doesn't get white-male privilege? Or is there a stronger point: one should not be harsh to anyone, not even whites, men, nor even Christians or libertarians?

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[senshifan.livejournal.com]

I think even just around family and friends there's a line that should never be crossed.

For instance, if a white person was to say a racist joke around other white people and they all laughed, it would be seen as okay. But if that joke made one of them uncomfortable, then a fight could ensue.

Now, as a pagan black female, I've had some really good laughs at racist, sexist, and religious jokes. But that still doesn't make them okay; especially when the people around you could be unprepared for it.

[macychick.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, that's true, too. I suppose I should have added "as long as you are 100% sure that everyone present is comfortable with your un-PC jokes." For instance, I have no tolerance for the R-word, the N-word, the C-word, or any jokes about rape, the Holocaust, eugenics, or female genital mutilation; even if it's "just kidding" and "just at home with family and friends."
However, my family and friends and I often will say and do things in the privacy of home that could be percieved as politically incorrect if they were done in public- for instance, jokingly faking a foreign accent. That doesn't make us racist.

[senshifan.livejournal.com]

I agree with you, and that works when a person has no prejudice. However, there are racist jokes that even I find funny and laugh at before out that the person said really meant what said said.

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

"R-word?" Unfamiliar.

[macychick.livejournal.com]

"Retarded"

[wight1984.livejournal.com]

Telling racist jokes also risks reinforcing other people's prejudices, so that they may feel more comfortable being racist because they can see their peers seeming to be racist.