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From: berleant@cs.utexas.edu (Dan Berleant)
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Subject: Do ethnic jokes CAUSE bigotry?
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Date: 4 Dec 88 17:31:49 GMT
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Do ethnic jokes cause bigotry? 

Sadly, the answer appears be a definite yes.

There have been examples right here in the current discussion of ethnic
jokes. A number of anti-semitic slurs were sent in reaction to rather
moderate posts.

Promoting ethnic jokes in rec.humor.funny (by the moderator, an official
agent of usenet) has no benefit whatever, and promotes bigotry as well.

Dan