Xref: utzoo soc.culture.jewish:8583 news.misc:2268 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!ncifcrf!shore From: shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.misc Subject: Re: Do ethnic jokes CAUSE bigotry? Message-ID: <679@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Date: 5 Dec 88 15:44:00 GMT References: <1748YZKCU@CUNYVM> <275@acheron.UUCP> <130@verdix.verdix.com> <284@acheron.UUCP> <4204@cs.utexas.edu> <8814@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Reply-To: shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) Organization: NCI Supercomputer Center, Frederick, MD Lines: 18 [] The Washington Post had editorial this past Sunday on the recent rise in acceptability of anti-Semitic (specifically "JAP") jokes, and the "coincidental" increase in the number of racial and anti-Jewish incidents on college campuses. There was also an article about a week ago concerning some frat members at Northern Illinois University who where suspended after performing a humorous skit in blackface. The university has a history of students involved in white supremacist organizations, including publication of white supremacist literature and rallies on campus. I don't think racist jokes cause racism, in general. What I don't doubt for a second is that toleration of racist jokes puts a stamp of approval on racism, and that caring communities should tolerate neither. -- Melinda Shore shore@ncifcrf.gov NCI Supercomputer Facility ..!uunet!ncifcrf.gov!shore