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More Than “Just a Joke”: The Prejudice-Releasing Function of Sexist Humor
Thomas E. Ford

Romero-Sánchez et al. (2010) Exposure to sexist humor and rape proclivity: the moderator effect of aversiveness ratings

Also a ton of other research on this front.
Posted by shurenka]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:59:30 -0700 The Stranger
@26 this video doesn't seem racist because its not portaying all black people, its portraying black hood people. (Theres a difference. So while it would be crude to portray "all black people as talking like this", the video doesn't. It portrays a specific community that, roughly speaking, DOES talk like this.) And you don't have to laugh AT the characters - you can laugh with them.
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I don't have white guilt but I still did not think that video was funny. I have seen too many Disney parodies before.
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Posted by attitude devant]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:45:40 -0700 The Stranger
Did you see who that was!?
Posted by aquietbluebird]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:04:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Arsfrisco]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:50:25 -0700 The Stranger Posted by oldstuff]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:46:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Davidicus]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:53:22 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Cato]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 07:35:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by GasparFagel]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:11:02 -0700 The Stranger Posted by agony]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:03:08 -0700 The Stranger Posted by ElaineS]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:24:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:47:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by watchout5]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:35:41 -0700 The Stranger
But, ashamed as I'm to write this, is there a transcript of it somewhere? I'm one of them dirty foreigners and I didn't understand half of it, I'm afraid.
Posted by ElaineS]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:50:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by fotoeve]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:36:34 -0700 The Stranger
I think this is because although we are trained to recognize (and reject) outright displays of bigotry, we all harbor some degree of prejudice which racist/sexist/homophobic/anti-semitic/etc humor allows us to express... The humor in a way, normalizes and perpetuates those feelings.

Even if the creator is black (and gay), I still don't feel terribly comfortable watching this video. I don't condemn those who enjoy it. But rather than "letting go of our white guilt", I say white people need MORE of it. There are too many people who are just subtly racist -- not KKK members, but people who will cross the street when they see a black man, or who think that affirmative action is "reverse racism" etc.
Posted by shurenka]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:15:37 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Skit]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:18:29 -0700 The Stranger