# Daniel Tosh and racist jokes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463 "2010-09-03T03:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/61 "2012-01-31T01:06:25Z")
It’s fucking hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/62 "2012-01-31T01:16:12Z")
> [@NikBag](#): > > I’m new to the blogg, what up. Hmm…I don’t think that word means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/63 "2012-01-31T01:26:37Z")
This thread is interesting in part because of how hung up people got on whether Tosh’s humor is ironic. I don’t think that the term “ironic” applies, but the term “meta” does. Tosh’s racial jokes aren’t at the expense of minorities; they’re at the expense of our taboos. **WhyNot** was on the right track. They’re also to a degree at the expense of, well, stereotypical white people who think of themselves are completely non-racist but are very uncomfortable discussing race. Compare Tosh’s jokes with [this Rich Vos clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6SWN0WOq44). Is Vos joking at the expense of black people, at the expense of people who believe the stereotypes, or at the expense of another form of stereotypical thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/64 "2012-01-31T01:43:18Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > When this thread was first active, 16 months ago, I posted the same thing because the main defense of his racial tinged humor is that he’s funny. My point is that it’s not a very good defense as his humor is puerile and, frankly, pretty stupid. Right. “My tastes differ from yours, so I’m better than you!” ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/65 "2012-01-31T04:04:07Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Right. “My tastes differ from yours, so I’m better than you!” No, I never said that and I don’t believe that. I’m a big Three Stooges fan and I think they’re about as low brow as possible. But I think (my opinion) that Tosh isn’t really that complex or meta. The claims that he is being ironic or dealing in social commentary seem to fail because his humor doesn’t strike me as being being of that nature. And I don’t find him funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463/66 "2012-01-31T06:39:54Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > ETA: And then there’s guys like Chris Rock, who has an entire segment on why he loves black people but _hates_ niggers. Whereas with Fannee Doolee, it’s just the opposite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-tosh-and-racist-jokes/552463.md?page=3)