# Why racism is not dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-racism-is-not-dead/441518>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 16, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-racism-is-not-dead/441518 "2008-03-16T02:36:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![paffinity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@paffinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paffinity)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-racism-is-not-dead/441518/121 "2008-03-20T23:49:15Z")

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I would just like to point out, as a person with an _incredibly_ tasteless sense of humor, that disgusting jokes like these don’t necessarily mean a person is racist. I find myself laughing at jokes like these because of how rediculously offensive they are; it’s sort of like laughing at **Borat** not because you agree with the character’s comments but because people in that movie even agree with him.

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-racism-is-not-dead/441518/122 "2008-03-21T01:50:00Z")

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[QUOTE=paffinity]  
it’s sort of like laughing at **Borat** not because you agree with the character’s comments but because people in that movie even agree with him.  
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You would be shocked to know that there are people that I actually had to explain Borat to…they were missing the point that you make.

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**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-racism-is-not-dead/441518/123 "2008-03-21T02:38:43Z")

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[QUOTE=MagicEyes]

If you substituted white for black in the pizza joke, would anyone think it’s funny? No, because there’s no stereotype of white people being too lazy to support their families.

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Actually, (and I know this is off-topic), I originally heard this as a white person joke. (OK, to be specific, a white musician joke – What’s the difference between a drummer and a pizza?)

The other one was similar – How do you get a bassist off your porch? Pay him for the pizza.

Actually, I guess those are race-neutral, either musician could be black.

OK, I got nothin’.

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