There are indeed many boomers with clean consciences.
IMO there are two kinds of people:
People who have made a racist joke
and people who weren’t joking.
Not gonna lie and say that I’ve never made a racist joke, but these days not anymore. Too many right wingers who think you’re serious.
Protip, if you have an offensive joke, it’s best to make it private. Any sexist/racist jokes I have ever made were all in the company of the people who know me well enough to understand I’m making fun of existing stereotypes or actual assholes.
Know your audience
This is gonna be controversial but to give this another perspective…
A long time ago me and my buddy role-played racist police in gta (not against other real people though) we are generally into really dark humor, the more evil and horrible the joke the bigger the contrast with how we actually are on the inside and we laugh at the absurdity of that which makes the experience funny while the joke itself never is.
But context is everything, we are about as anti racist as it gets irl, roleplaying the absurdity of racist police it is a way to process that this fucked up thing happens in our reality.
It affirms what we already know, racist behaviour is not just wrong but also incredibly stupid and there is no reasonable explanation on why a person would be like that besides some irrational and dangerous mental illness.
I’m married to a coloured woman who makes racist jokes. Life is confusing lol
What about a racist guy who makes white jokes
Its just a joke dude, dont be snowflake!
Narrator - “The joke was screaming racial slurs loudly.”
6 racist jokes later
“I’m not racist… BUT.”
or “im not racist, i married an asian wife.”
Always good to have standards. Any guy that makes racist jokes really. Even if you are racist too, one should remember that if he’s making racist jokes he’s likely a misogynist as well and looks down on you.
A lot of people you know, kind and good people, voted for Trump. Do what that truth whatever you will.
The OP was about white guys making racist jokes and you immediately talk up Trump. Hit dog, will holler.
Was I “talking up Trump,” or was I pointing out an obvious truth that is uncomfortable for some people. Does it even matter? It really doesn’t.
I have a problem with some of your priors.
What do you mean?
I think they probably mean that voting for Trump precludes people from being good and kind?
– Frost
Overly simplistic. Just not true.
Suggest trying not to worry about what race you think people are in the first place. Isn’t that the root of racism?
That’s great in a world where we had racial equality or equity.
We need to see colour in order to see racism when it happens.
