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raceintheworkplace.com — Figuring out how to react when a co-worker makes a racist joke can be extremely difficult. If you don ’t call the person out on her racism, you seem to be condoning the behavior. But if you do say something, you risk alienating him and sabotaging your working relationship.

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  • MrB398, on 10/10/2007, -14/+47Luckily racism isn't a huge problem where I work. The work force at my job is split pretty even between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics, all who are good people and workers.
    • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -6/+99Wow, you must be bored stupid working there. Every workplace needs: 1 Racist, 1 Religious bigot, 2 Old Ladies who know EVERYTHING that's happening and are more than happy to tell you, and at least 15% of the workforce who can easily get away with doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in a day and still get paid more than you (I fall into this category (I never thought I'd get bored of google)).
      • RedRummy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+35Bored of goolge? try typing something into the box and hit enter..
        • CiXeL, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3come to miami where you hear coworkers regularly say the word ***** or make gay jokes.
          on NUMEROUS occasions in both miami and miami beach I have had coworkers who ranted on about hating blacks calling them *****, hating gays saying theyre retarded and even one hating on jewish people.
          makes me sick. i gotta move out of this racist hell.
      • DavidBGie, on 10/10/2007, -13/+11"How to respond to a racist joke"
        Suck it up .... wimp!
        • theholycow, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Suck it up...and respond with a joke about the stereotypes of your own race or ethnicity.

          Bob Smith says: "***** this, gook that..."
          Max Goldstein replies: "Here's an even better one: Have you seen the newest Jewish-American Princess horror movie? It's called Debbie Does Dishes. Oy!"

          Self-deprecating humor fixes nearly every socially awkward situation.
      • floppyparty, on 10/10/2007, -5/+5I agree for the most part, with the exception of the two old ladies. I work two exactly two old ladies...but I work in IT, and they have NO IDEA what's going on when it comes to computers lol.
        • katulatakulu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I work two exactly two old ladies...but I work in IT, and they have NO IDEA what's going on too
      • Trebek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hit it right on the button. Except, what if the racist and religious bigot are the same person?
    • tatltat, on 10/10/2007, -19/+10With all the recent hirings, my job is like living in Chinatown . ASIANS. EVERYWHERE.
      • Issy1993, on 10/10/2007, -12/+7LMFAO.. You should see what English people suffer from Pakistanis.. I'm sorry but its true...
        • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Umm... I'm English and I don't think that Ive ever even met someone from Pakistan.
          • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Really? I've lived in quite a few places all around England, and there's loads of people from Pakistan/India etc. Not that I mind. I love London, it's like a hotpot of cultures blending together, which is pretty cool.

            I don't find racist jokes offensive if it's funny, and not actually serious. People take things waay too seriously, in my opinion. Perfect example of this is Chris Rock, and his black people/***** jokes, which had me in stitches.
      • bobcrotch, on 10/10/2007, -15/+5It's clearly racist to say "There are a lot of asian people where I work, it is like China Town". You're a bigot for saying that two things are alike.

        Bigot.
    • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/10/2007, -8/+27You THINK people you work with are good people but you don't know. Some of them could be the same idiots who log into digg and make jokes about "*****" and "towel heads". The problem is that most people who are racist are cowards and won't reveal themselves to you directly unless they think you're on their side, "one of the good ones", or they have some sort of anonymity (sp?)..internet.

      Yes I know it sounds like paranoia, but it's something that you have to live with..in this country anyway. I'm not saying you should walk around thinking every person with a different skin color than yours is out to get you..but don't think they'll treat you the same either. Regardless of what color you are and what color they are ("every black person isn't your friend, every white person isn't your enemy" is a quote most black kids have heard sometime in their life). I work in an environment that could be considered pretty diverse but I wouldn't for a second let myself be fooled into thinking that there are not people around me who are simply putting on the "good guy" face in the office and are really complete utter bigots in private. Especially in corporate america.

      /rant
      • TehDoctor, on 10/10/2007, -18/+3CHECK SPELLING button. Right next to the submit button. www.m-w.com. Auto spell check in Firefox 2. Those things with pages in them.

        why do you submit something with a word you think you might have spelled wrong instead of taking the 15 or so seconds required to edify yourself instead of looking like a moron.

        "/rant" loser.
        • OatmealBatman2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Way to go, simultaneously missing his entire point and not realizing that he spelled everything correctly in his comment. If his comment was riddled with spelling errors, I could see how such a reply would be justified, but your entire reply was about him adding "(sp?)." Just thought I'd give you a heads-up as to why you're being dugg down by others.
      • Pyrogen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2So, you mean your coworkers could be on /b/ I mean Ebaum's World?
        • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hey, I'm on Digg..it's a possibility. You have to remember, even the morons on sites like Stormfront usually hold down a full time job.
    • jabberwolf, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Oh hell you Honkeys, Spades, Spics are all the same anyway !

      YES I'M KIDDING!
      • Nitesmoke, on 10/10/2007, -1/+51980 called, it wants it's racial slurs back.
      • chonlal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2you jive turkey! !want my white polyester suit back. you dig blood?
        • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I don't speak jive. Can I get a translator?
    • VermiciousKnid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1"The work force at my job is split pretty even between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics"
      I thought they ended segregation years ago
  • ramong, on 10/10/2007, -17/+6I can see these strategies working and actually having the joker apologize afterwards too.
  • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -57/+202what does a black kid get for Christmas?
    your bike.
    how do you stop a black guy from drowning?
    take your foot off his head.
    whats the difference between a black guy and a pizza?
    a pizza can feed a family.

    its funny because its wrong and we know we shouldn't laugh, just like jokes about pedophiles, dead celebs and 9/11
    • soulmist, on 10/10/2007, -73/+15buried for being an *****.
    • bbrigg1, on 10/10/2007, -13/+54You're forgetting dead baby jokes.

      Q: What's worse than 10 dead babies nailed to a tree?
      A: One dead baby nailed to 10 trees.
      • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -11/+30LOL, What's red, bubbly, and scratches at the window before exploding?
        A baby in a microwave.
      • scrimaxinc, on 10/10/2007, -7/+37I think you mean what's BETTER than 10 babies nailed to a tree.....

        How do you fit 1,000 dead babies in a trunk?
        - A blender.

        How do you get them out?
        - Nachos.
      • jj9000, on 10/10/2007, -9/+16What do you get when you take off a dead baby's diaper?

        An erection
      • TenebrousX, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11What's 18 inches long, stiff, and makes women scream at night?

        A SIDS baby
      • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7Ugh...I hate the political correctness movement as much as anyone, but most dead baby jokes I've read are just nasty.

        Just because it's un-PC doesn't necessarily mean it's funny.
      • jwdarkstar, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Oh man, I remember these jokes from way back. Here's one. What's grosser than gross? A dump truck full of dead babies. What's grosser than that? One of them is alive. What's grosser than that? It's in the middle. What's grosser than that? It's eating its way out. What's grosser then that? It made it out.
        • venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10What's grosser than that? He went back for seconds.
        • venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1What's grosser than that? He went back for seconds.
      • elstevo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3whats the difference between a ferrari and a pile of dead babies?
        ... i dont have a ferrari in my garage
      • EmperorAwesome, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What's the difference between a dead baby and an apple?

        I don't cum all over my apples before I eat them.
    • Moskie, on 10/10/2007, -18/+46What's the best thing about 37-year-olds?

      There's thirty of them.
      • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31you mean "What's the best thing about having sex with 37-year-olds?"?.
      • FadieZ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28Somehow the joke doesn't have the same ''oompf'' when typed.
        • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1yup, much more ''oompf'' when reenacted for a friend and his camcorder.
        • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6That's because the joke is 30 7 year old's. In type it looses it's meaning. It's the same as 'There are 10 people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't', loses it's meaning when you say it because 10b is still pronounced 2 (well it certainly isn't ten in any case). Obviously the second example is in reverse.
      • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2You botched the joke!!
      • BabyWookie, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1How do you make a 3 year old girl cry? Wipe your dick on her favorite teddy bear after you're finished with her.
    • ngmcs8203, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8I think what you're missing is that the jokes are unsettling because if we laugh we may now be grouped into the same portion of the world that wears bedsheets for masks. You never think that a joke like your drowning one sounds like something two hillbilly KKK members would say to each other on their way to a lynchin'?
      • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7"You never think that a joke like your drowning one sounds like something two hillbilly KKK members would say to each other on their way to a lynchin'?"
        ummm... yes we do, and that makes it funnier.
    • ajchavar, on 10/10/2007, -8/+27an 8 year old and a pedophile walk into the woods at night, the 8 yr old goes, "boy these woods are scary," the pedophile goes, "yeah, but at least you wont be the one walking out alone"

      whats better than sex with an 8 yr old vietnamese boy?
      nothing.



      both of those jokes have absolutely terrible morals, and hopefully no one laughs at them because they somehow agree with them, but the point is they're unsettling and funny and not PC, and most people cant help but laugh at them.
      • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5I'm about as un-PC as you can get, but I found both of those extremely unamusing. I don't think you're necessarily PC if you don't laugh at every single "offensive" joke out there. Just like politically correct jokes, there are funny ones and there are not-so-funny ones.

        They're both too high on the creepy, too low on the witty.
      • Onyxblaze, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Those sucked though... Actually that was sorta gross.
    • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -5/+56What do you call a bunch of white guys sitting on a bench?

      The NBA
    • halavais, on 10/10/2007, -21/+25> how do you stop a black guy from drowning?
      > take your foot off his head.

      Oh, I'm rolling over that one. Hilarious. You know what's even funnier than jokes about lynching black people, actual photos:

      http://www.withoutsanctuary.org/

      This is great. I'm so glad we're not going to be "pc" any more and can talk about how funny it is to drown black people.

      Hey, anyone know any good jokes about Emmett Loius Till? You know, because he was drowned by a bunch of white guys when he was 14. That ***** is hilarious!

      What the ***** is wrong with you people? It's not a matter of being PC--it's trying to show that you aren't ignorant assholes. Given that we live in a country where people are still lynched because of the color of their skin, telling jokes about it is about as funny as spitting on their graves.
      • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8You live in a country where people are being lynched?!?! I'd move to a better country dude.
      • duerra, on 10/10/2007, -7/+7We also live in a society that's supposed to be founded on principles of free speech. So instead of getting pissed at people telling some jokes, how about you get pissed at the assholes that are doing those kinds of things? Let me guess, you're against videogames as well, because they make kids go out and kill people, right? Come on, now! It's a joke! Maybe not in good taste, but still, no need to get so uppity about it.
        • tdowling, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Damn it...freedom of speech doesn't say that you can't be criticized for your speech. And the guy's not being uppity about anything.

          Imagine that your mom got raped. Then some guy comes up to you laughing and makes a joke about it. Would you be uppity for wanting to rip his head off?
          • rodz91, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0It's all about context. If someone made a black joke 50 years ago, it'd most likely be real hatred. Nowadays, while some are, most of the time they're "just jokes".

            Same thing regarding the "mom rape" argument.

            Besides, that thing you speak of is ALOT more personal. Sure a racist joke is personal enough, but it's on a totally different scale.
      • skubiszm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I hope you don't like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, etc, because they all tell racist jokes. Guess what, if you don't like you can listen to something else. Man, you have no sense of humor.

        Anyways, we all know from South Park that if you wait 20 years you can tell jokes about things. Thats the grace period, 20 years.
      • TrevorBelmont, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Excellent work. I agree.
    • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20What's white and twelve inches?

      A ruler.
    • over9, on 10/10/2007, -8/+17Why are black people so tall?

      Because their knee grows.
      • Gryffydd, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Somehow your they're/their mistake is freaking hilarious in a joke about "Knee grows"

        Not sure why.
        • teiq, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3He didn't make a mistake you tard. It's their, as the knees belong to the *****.
      • TheFBI, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I dugg up a pun. What have I become?
    • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -5/+23What do you call100 white guys chasin one black guy?

      The PGA tour.
    • Uranium118, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16A Black and Arab are in a car, who's driving?

      The police.
    • jwdarkstar, on 10/10/2007, -12/+6OK, this joke was told to me by my brothers friend so address all hate mail to him. What's the difference between a Jew and a pizza? The pizza doesn't scream when you put it in the oven.
    • Goldennova, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Nobody makes 9-11 jokes... I didn't hear a single one and it wouldn't be funny. I live in New Jersey and I saw much of the damage first hand and it is not funny. Dead celebs, dead babies and race are completely different.

      But I guess you can say the same about the holocaust, but it has been longer.
      • skubiszm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That's because it hasn't been 20 years. We had to wait 20 years to tell aids jokes and now they are hilarious. Once it is 9/11/31 the jokes will come.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Has_Aides
      • Uranium118, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Q: What is the New York City Fire Department's favorite song?
        A: "It's Raining Men"
      • rodz91, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"It's a bird!"
        "It's a plane!"
        "It's.... Oh *****, it IS a plane!"

        Did you hear the one about American Airlines new deal? They’ll fly you straight from the airport to the office.

        Q: What's the biggest difference between 9/11 and the Oklahoma City Bombing?
        A: Foreigners once again prove they can do it better and more efficiently.
      • TrevorBelmont, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't you see? It's not funny because it applies to you! You only find it funny when it's distant from you.
    • DutchGuilder, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12What is the N word you never want to call a black man? Neighbor.
    • blorc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Wrong reply button.
    • Smills, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1How about an Australian non-PC joke?
      "What do you call an abo on the moon?
      A problem.
      What do you call 100 abos on the moon?
      A problem.
      What do you call all the abos on the moon?
      Problem solved."
  • dylan420, on 10/10/2007, -2/+378"What do you call a black guy who flies a plane?"





    "A pilot you ***** racist"
    • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -43/+4Terrorist?
      • dylan420, on 10/10/2007, -3/+43Dude, EVERYONE knows only Arabs can be terrorists.
        • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3I cannot argue with your logic Sir, I apologize for my comment, and to any Arabs who were offended.
      • jj9000, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18A-rabs to be precise.
      • KingBabi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What do you call an Arab flying a place?

        A terrorist!!!!

        Ok, that's horrible. In high school I told it in class once (after someone told the black pilot joke), and although I admitted it was in bad taste, some jackass rich Arab prince (international school) kid got wind of it and...let's say that when you put your average Digger up against this guy...it ain't pretty.
    • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Samuel L. Jackson.
    • blorc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6What's the difference between snow tires and a black man?

      Snow tires don't sing when you put chains on them.
    • jheathupton, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3You racist sobs make me sick... But, quick question. Why is it a bad idea to stick your hand in bowl full of jelly beans?
      The black one will steal you watch! eheheh!
      What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes?
      Nothing, you already told her twice!


      (Disclamer. I don't condone a man harming a woman or anyone weaker than him for that matter if he has a choice. A real man wouldn't do such a thing.)
    • JustJoe4Life, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0"What do you call a black guy who flies a plane?"

      An Afronaut
  • Kelgann, on 10/10/2007, -44/+89How to respond to a racist joke:

    "Laugh."
  • SerifTheRobot, on 10/10/2007, -17/+4Yeah, but what's up with the whole nail salon thing? There's something to it!
  • turnthepage, on 10/10/2007, -23/+74My hero, Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the North. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.
    • khail250, on 10/10/2007, -17/+2this isnt the 1800's...
      • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2You don't watch the right TV shows to get that one.
    • AntiScurvyLg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9hooray Michael Scott. Dugg Up.
    • Tikkimann, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Actually, if you are thinking of using us Canadians somehow, you ought to know that we aren't very violent...
      • jaznova, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How do you get 50 rowdy Canadians out of a swimming pool in a hurry?

        Excuse me, would everyone mind getting out of the pool please
    • venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5When did Abraham Lincoln ever say that?
    • orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Do you work on a plantation?
    • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Actually Lincoln told the people in the south that he would write slavery into the constitution for all time if it preserved the union. Maintaining the union was his sole aim and freeing the slaves was part of that (he hoped that the slaves in the south would rebel). The real issue was economic and about trade tariffs and taxation, the northern states made a lot of money from the southern states and if they broke away that would end.
      • KingBabi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If memory serves:
        "If I could unite the union by freeing all the slaves, I would do that; If I could unite the union by freeing none of the slaves, I would do that; and if I could unite the union by freeing some of the slaves and not others, I would do that too"
    • Laughsatyou, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7"I will say that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they can not so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."

      ---Abraham Lincoln (from his fourth debate with Stephen Douglas in 1858.)
      • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Yeah, Lincoln was actually a true racist. A man who both believed that race is irreconcilable and that for even mere contact to exist it must be under the conditions of a superior and an inferior.
      • ascii63, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Lincoln was also a true opportunist. He leveraged the abolishonoist sentiment in the North to garner the support he needed for his war against the South. If it didn't serve his political agenda, he wouldn't have done anything about slavery.
      • jheathupton, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I didn't think anyone on here would actually know about this. I was taught (in the south) that slavery was the key issue for the civil war. It wasn't until years later that I learned that there was so much more to it. Slavery was barely even an issue compared to everything else going on. Slavery was evil, but leading so many to believe in lies is also evil in my opinion.
  • khail250, on 10/10/2007, -26/+26anyone else think this post backfired on this PC punk?
  • jtingley, on 10/10/2007, -27/+25BOOHOO!!! Gimmi a break.
    Racism is nothing more then a raw form of social labeling. It will always exist as long as there are common differences in people by which they can be labeled.
    Joking about it is about as healthy a thing as you can do socially. The joke serves let some steam out of the difference frustration bubble that grows in allot of people.
    I'd much rather someone tell a joke and laugh then stew in things and get violent and lynch someone.
    • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -9/+13Here-*****-Here
    • ImOnlySleeping, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2Maybe you shouldn't be so unhealthily angry with people as a race that it makes you want to lynch someone. You should probably see a therapist.
  • kaelyiesta, on 10/10/2007, -23/+70Some diggers need to learn the meaning of a joke. This kind of PC ***** is running rampant but I will not bend. A joke is a joke is a joke. Unless the ***** saying it actually means it, stop taking yourself so ***** seriously. The words fag, *****, cracker, and whatever else you can think of are just words. It's the meaning behind them that is important. Context and symmantics matter, not the word itself.
    • caliyankee, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20What did you say!? Oh...DIGgers...
      • robdiggity, on 10/10/2007, -6/+22Digger please
        • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0GREATEST COMMENT EVER!!!
        • stronglikedan, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4No no no...the acceptable term is "digga".
        • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2and only if the "person" (either male or female) is a "user of the social news website www.digg.com" non diggas may never use that word, it is our word, we claimed it from the hatefull anti-diggas in the 1940s
    • ImOnlySleeping, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2Words hold context, hence their use in communicating.
      Using those words out of context might actually be funny, but each word on it's own just laid out is automatically offensive
      • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4No it's not. What is so offensive about an N, and I, two G's, an E, and an R all strung together? Nothing! Context and semantics are the ONLY reasons that word is considered offensive.

        Without context and semantics, it's just a jumble of letters.
        • skinjester, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0you probably meant to say without grammar its just a jumble of letters. You probably were thinking without a codified alphabet its just a bunch of shapes. context and semantics are higher level concepts. Please to start thinking more precisely and critically. Oh - right, its the internet. My mistake *****
          • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Please to start thinking more precisely and critically. Oh - right, its the internet. My mistake *****"
            LOL, way to prove your own point.
    • GottIstTot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4For a second there I thought you said "I will not BLEND", which would have been awesome to slip in there. As for your argument; Right On!. Persons who don't realize that PC is another form of censorship should really be dragged out and flogged with a copy of the constitution.
    • chance2002iu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Context and semantics do matter. They're well and good when you're talking with people and can discern joking from belief. Words only hold as much power as we assign to them. The question is: are Kelgann and ElectricFuneral joking or supporting racism or just trolling. Unfortunately,that distinction can't be made.

      and...I had a counterpoint here somewhere but completely forgot it. sigh.
    • binorgog, on 08/07/2008, -1/+2@kaelyiesta, I agree with you completely, BUT, as a gay guy, who was called ***** growing up, the word is harmful, in the pain it brings back. I am intelligent to realize it's just a word, but unfortunately my heart doesn't run my mind, it's the other way around for me.
      • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If your heart doesn't run your mind it shouldn't be a problem. I suppose you meant to say that the other way around.
  • jdh24, on 10/10/2007, -31/+23If black people didn't take racism so seriously it would be useless and it would go away. People need stop being so ***** sensitive and toughen up. People like Al Sharpton who organize protests whenever a black person doesn't get what they want disgust me.
    • ImOnlySleeping, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Plus all that hassle about wanting to vote /sarcasm
      • venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Last time I checked people were free to vote no matter their skin color.
      • Onyxblaze, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4@Sleeping. Well, just for the record: I NEVER DID ANYTHING ***** WRONG TO BLACK PEOPLE!!! They can suck my ***** ***** if they are going to try and make me feel bad about something someone else did. I'm willing to help out in the ghettos, which are a result of discrimination, but don't be such ***** babies and learn to take a joke.
    • jabberwolf, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13I don't mind blacks taking racism seriously.
      I do mind black people taking racism 1 sided.

      If there were such thing as charities for poor WHITE kids.
      or NAAWP ( National Association for the Advancement of White People ...
      or White America Month

      That would be considered racist, as it is, but for Blacks it's ok to be racist?? What's with that?
      • SpectralSounds, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7You forgot W.E.T.

        White Entertainment Television.
      • skinjester, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0thanks for not minding. very white of you.
    • halavais, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Yeah, or get paid the same as a person with a paler complexion, or not get pulled over for DWB, or have equal access to the courts. But other than that, you know...
      • mike17032, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Or had to have the same qualifications to get a job as a white person, or had less access to grands and scolorships, or.....
    • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Change your first sentence to "If people didn't take racism so seriously it would be useless and it would go away" and I'm with you. There are plenty of people of many races who are way too uptight about racism. Blaming it all on black people is racist in and of itself.
    • mcmlxxii, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3This is an eye-opener to me - if digg was a uk only site an awful lot of the comments that are currently being dugg up would be well and truly buried...
      • mike17032, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well the US likes freedom. You can censor everyone you dont agree with on that side of the pond if you like.
      • mcmlxxii, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If by "freedom" you mean "racism" then I agree with you. We are free to be total bigots and I'm free to loathe it.
        • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1***** off, the UK has taken Political Correctness too far.
          Okay, I hate this, but what is wrong with the word Paki? It's a short version of "Pakistani" just like "Brit" is a short version of "British".
          I wish people would stop taking things so damn seriously.
    • skinjester, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1kind of you to summarize 200+ years of social inequity in the United States into such a clearly well considered statement. also idiotic.
  • CletusJones, on 10/10/2007, -16/+209I hate racism. And Puerto Ricans.
    • Jonmad17, on 10/10/2007, -3/+29Don't worry.We hate ourselves.
    • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3The only thing I can't stand is people who don't tolerate the cultures of others, and the Dutch.

      //edit - disregard and digg down - I ripped off a post below without realising it.//
    • Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch. -- Nigel Powers
    • terranaut, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2There's nothing wrong with Puerto Ricans




      Every White Christian American should own at least two of them.,
  • harmonix, on 10/10/2007, -8/+32I never have to face this type of racist crap.
    Of course, if could be because I live in Utah.
    The land of white bread and mayo.
    • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -5/+37Buried for racism, its "Caucasian Bread"
    • HypocriteDigg, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20That's funny, I live in Utah and have to listen to racist 'jokes' all day at work.
      • CZzyzx41, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Ironically I live in San Diego and I have to listen to LDS jokes all day at work. Go figure.
      • AladinSane, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0HypocriteDigg, maybe it's time you got a job somewhere OTHER than McDonalds.
    • smolakian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10There HAS to be some really good Mormon jokes.
      • AdvancedSoul, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4*Moron. There corrected it for you
        • logic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5On second thought, maybe there aren't.
      • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I think their religion is a joke enough.

        Sorry! I didn't mean to discriminate. All religions suck.
    • neutrascrub, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1oh i'm sorry
  • Conwaysb0718, on 10/10/2007, -4/+77"There's only two things I can't stand in this world. Those who are intolerant of other people's cultures... and the Dutch."
    • pmagayon, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4Dutch hater!
      • pmagayon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2I guess I should've put that in quotes too. lol
        • Arkz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1lol, i got it, i dont think many people got what the parent comment was from, they just thought it was funny
        • lazychris26, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0No, we all know that it is from Austin Powers in Goldmember. We just don't care enough to comment.
    • mal1964, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2A Heineken hangover makes me hate them every morning.
  • cecil9, on 10/31/2007, -15/+15Best way to respond is tell one that is funnier
  • Sunfightersix, on 10/10/2007, -18/+13freedom of speech?
    • uncleLeo, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6you're forgetting - it works both ways
      • WhiteRaven, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Isn't there value in letting an ass show his colors without comment?
  • spamly, on 10/10/2007, -8/+87I've got a coworker that likes to say things like, "I jew'ed down the car dealer to get a good price." When he says that I tell him, "I'm going to the bathroom to drop a [insert his name here]."

    It's amazing how much that guy hates me.

    I'm pleased.
    • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Well he shouldn't be such a douche and should just respond in kind.
    • mal1964, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4A kid who is half black and half jewish ask his father if he is more black or jewish. his father ask why? Well dad there is a kid down the block selling a bike and I don't know if I should talk him down or steal it. this is a stereotype joke no hate words were used, just as Irish are drunks and the British are dirty, I am not a hater of anyone!
      • otaking, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You killed it with your ***** political correctness. Congrats.
        • mal1964, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1sorry I had to i told that joke about a year ago and got banned
    • skubiszm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1His name is Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo?
  • HypocriteDigg, on 10/10/2007, -24/+14Just goes to show you how neocon fascists have overtaken digg.
  • 2point71, on 10/10/2007, -18/+47and diggers respond to this post with more racist remarks. great.
    • thakidd, on 10/10/2007, -7/+12Whites and Blacks have more in common than one would think.
      A black man calls his best friend "dog" a white man's best friend is literally his dog.

      In the hood black people yell out "West Side!!!" in the trailer park they yell "Double Wide!!!"

      Black men or "brothas" have sex with "sistas" and white men have sex with their own sisters.
      • Gryffydd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You'll burn in hell, you equal-opportunity racist. :P
    • TheFBI, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Touché
    • mike17032, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Not all of us have sticks up our asses.

      Really, your PCness can suck my *****.
  • creiss74, on 10/10/2007, -10/+60I like to laugh at racism. It takes the power away from the racists.
    • jdh24, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21Exactly. Racism loses its punch when it's not taken seriously. If people just laughed at racists and their comments instead of proving to them that it affects people still, then racism would be significantly reduced.
      • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Ding, ding, ding! Give the man a prize.

        This is exactly the problem though. True racism needs to be tackled, people who honestly hate another because of something as irrelevant as skin colour need to be confronted. However there are order of magnitude of separation between them and most people who tell racist jokes. For most making a joke about skin colour is no different to telling a joke about the size of someones nose, nothing malicious is intended and you are expected to take the piss back rather than cry.
    • mashw, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11But they tend to be stupid and will see laughter as a form of condoning it.
    • barristerb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Words are like bullets....
    • adc86, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I disagree. By laughing at racism, you're basically writing it off as something that's not worth taking seriously. You're saying that everything African Americans went through doesn't matter. You're saying that people *aren't* equal, and that you're fine with that.

      If you truly wouldn't be comfortable on the other side of it, how can you make arguments as to why it's not a big deal?
      • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1First off: African Americans - ***** term. I'm white, they're black. I have plenty of black friends, and they come from the UK.
        Second off: Happened a long time ago. People aren't being lynched on the streets. Stop bringing up unfortunate ***** that happened ages ago.
        Third off: Racism still exists. And will always exist, unless you make it a "Thought crime". Have that, and you'll loose a free nation
        Fourth point: I laugh just as hard at the white people jokes in Eddie Murphys' "Delirious" as I do the black people jokes. I'm comfortable with racist jokes, if they are funny and the people saying them don't discriminate.
  • Meursault, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3I'd start singing Peace Train, but I'm apt to do that anyway.
  • rhabd0mancer, on 10/10/2007, -13/+7I was going to post a funny jewish joke, but I don't want to get banned.
    • SirGunslinger, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10How did the Grand Canyon form? A Jew dropped a nickel down a gopher hole

      Why did Moses wander the desert for 40 years? He dropped a quarter

      Hear about the lastest in German Microwaving Technology? Seats six
  • Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -25/+19Q What did the Nazi say to the black Jew?

    A Back of the oven!

    Q Someone black and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving?

    A The cop.
  • Attilitus, on 10/10/2007, -14/+1http://www.duggmirror.com
  • HypocriteDigg, on 10/10/2007, -5/+32What's even funnier is if you tell a racist or religious joke which involves the joke tellers race or religion, it will piss them off. $&%^$ hypocrites.
    • MarkOfTheDead, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10if not anything else it puts things into perspective.

      i wish there was more white guy jokes. its no fun not getting poked back.
    • GMorgan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Seriously. In Britain we tend to take the piss out of each other. It's just the way it goes. I have a few mates who are gay and tend to take the piss out of them for it. They respond in kind. When we were younger me and my mates used to make jokes about what we were doing to each others sisters last weekend. Nothing is sacred, if I can 'borrow' a set of underwear from my mates younger sister (when we were about 18 and she was 16) and leave them hanging around my room for him to find at a party then a few up tight people can take a joke about something as irrelevant as race.
      • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What's creepy is when some dude knows what his sister's underwear look like.
      • sephiroth965, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What's creepy is when some dude knows what his sister's underwear look like.
      • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah. I was joking about painting my room pink and my gay friend called me a fag.. what a bender.
    • ronh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4This is wherte it's at, just to see if they can take it.

      I enjoy a racist joke here and there but I hate people that can dish it but dont take it back in.
  • voetsjoeba, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Google text cache: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:http://www.raceintheworkplace.com/2007/07/31/how-to-respond-to-a-racist-joke/&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=G&strip=1
  • grahambot, on 10/10/2007, -6/+21You know you've spent too much time using Norton Anti-virus when you try to spell "semantics" and it comes out "Symmantics."
  • wonky73, on 10/10/2007, -2/+85"Figuring out how to react when a co-worker makes a racist joke can be extremely difficult. If you don ’t call the person out on [her] racism, you seem to be condoning the behavior. But if you do say something, you risk alienating [him] and sabotaging your working relationship."

    I'd be too amazed that my coworker changed sexes in the middle of telling the joke.
  • Attilitus, on 10/10/2007, -13/+2http://www.duggmirror.com
  • wildfire, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4*steps out of the Digg discussion room before being noticed by angry minorities waiting to stab someone*
    • Gryffydd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Congratulations, that might just be the most racist comment I've seen on this submission.
  • hotnsour, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2@turnthepage

    dugg up for the office season 1 reference. what an uncomfortable episode
  • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -11/+53What do you call a thousand white people at the bottom of the ocean?
    The Titanic
    • davideparker, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0Harf!
    • digitallysick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19this is the first white racist joke i think i have ever heard, its funny actually lol
    • Muyoso, on 10/10/2007, -13/+9What do you call a thousand black people in the same situation?

      A start.
    • ronh, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4What do you call a thousand white people at the bottom of the ocean? A good start.
  • murphygr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+47white people are stuffy and love mayo or they're rednecks and love their sisters, black people like watermelon, asian people cant drive and are good at math, and spanish people are lazy. it's funny because it's rediculous. im irish, so is my basement filled with potatos and whiskey? maybe, but i dont take offense
    • sruffelman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I'll assume by "Spanish people" you mean "Hispanics." Unless you want to make fun of Spaniards... which is also amusing.

      Darn you Spaniards and all your... ... ... inquisitions!
      • gerbco, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1We inherited out laziness from the spanish and there ***** Siestas and non protestant work ethic
      • murphygr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2hahahah good catch, i should have been more PC about racism
    • kabewm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9What's an Irish 7 course meal?
      A six pack and a potato!

      I find it hilarious that Mexicans (and other spanish speaking wetbacks) are portrayed as both hard workers and lazy. . .
  • mashw, on 10/10/2007, -13/+7"But if you do say something, you risk alienating him and sabotaging your working.." Oh God forbid a racist person is alienated.
  • zdiggler, on 10/10/2007, -18/+6How do you respond to Republicans at work place?
    • Onyxblaze, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Tell them you have WMD's in your backyard.
  • WhiteRaven, on 10/10/2007, -8/+12Is there something wrong with condoning free expression? We are just talking about words... it would be wrong to to attempt to prevent a person from expressing themselves.

    There is even a more practical reason to "let it slide". It is always better when a racists individual's beliefs are known rather than hidden. Driving this kind of thing underground doesn't mean the bigoted opinions no longer exist... the racist just stews and get even worse.
  • carinishead, on 10/10/2007, -10/+76What's white on top and black on bottom?



    Society
  • Joeyg50, on 10/10/2007, -24/+6You people are racist because you are on the Internet and anonymous. One question why do you hate black people so much. Does it make you feel superior telling these jokes? Why would you make fun of another's culture to make yourself feel better. You people are some of the biggest pieces of racist turd that I have ever seen. Anyone that is racist and tells racist jokes go to hell.
    • ronh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I take offense to your taking offense to my offensive speech.
    • Onyxblaze, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3/sarcasm?
    • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Clue: not everyone who tells a racial joke does so out of hatred, or to make themselves "feel superior." In fact, the hypersensitivity about racism and stereotypes is probably the biggest reason people make jokes like that. The funniest jokes are usually taboo in some way...the "oh no he didn't" effect is huge in comedy.
    • p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I am black, and I actually laughed a a couple of these.As long as true hatred isn't behind the jokes, it's alright. The only one I have really taken offense to is the Holocaust jokes, especially this one

      What is the difference between a jew and a pizza?
      A pizza doesn't cry when put in the oven.
    • mike17032, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I would gladly tell any of them to your face.
    • Smills, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Honestly, I tell racist jokes all the time to my friends, in person. Thing is, majority are about white people and Asians (I am white) and they are generally complementary of Asians and not so much of white people. Does that make me a bad person?
      • skankyBacon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nope, it's totally cool to make fun of white people.
  • buenobro, on 10/10/2007, -17/+13i'm not racist, i hate everyone equally.
  • delooch, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4personnaly, i respond 2 ways, depending on the severity of the ***** telling the joke: I either lob one back using thier ethinicity as a basis for the joke, or i tell them that my father was black. either way I win..
    • StepJoe, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1you are half black? you lose. j/k
      • delooch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0ha. no black at all actually, close, 100% WOP straight off the boat. but when you tell someone that your father/mother is black after a black joke, its funny..
  • valorsoul, on 10/10/2007, -19/+8What is black, bubbly, oozes and taps on glass before it explodes?





    A dead baby.


    Dead baby jokes are so much better. More offensive but in a way that doesn't damage society like racist jokes do. Have you ever met kids in elementary school that are racist? That ***** just ain't cool.
    • JaybeasCorpus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Just so you know, you're being dugg down not because it's a dead baby joke, but because it's a poorly executed, ***** dead baby joke.
    • yndy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9dude... at least get the punchline right...
      that's a DEAD BABY IN A MICROWAVE
    • Laughsatyou, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2whats the difference between a truck full of sand, and a truck full of dead babies?

      you cant unload a truck full of sand with a pitchfork.

    • CrimsonBlur, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Well that's all fine and good, but your joke just isn't funny. Not because it's offensive, but because it sucks.
    • skinjester, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0do people still find dead baby jokes funny - they didn't back in '82, but people on the whole seem a lot stupider today, so maybe you really do find them funny? tragic.
  • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Q: How many white people died on 9/11?
    A: Who gives a *****?
    • karakh, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0not enough! (I'm white, but I ain't a damn american)
  • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -13/+10Q: What’s the difference between white people and milky cum squirting out of a dick?
    A: Cum doesn’t scream and beg when you shoot it
    • Issy1993, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3Not funny and overly long -_-
      • nedzeve, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I think you're just too PC to get it, Issy.
    • midknight558, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I'm just amazed at how long you spent describing cum. Maybe a little bit of Freudian slip?
  • TaySavesTheDay, on 10/10/2007, -7/+7why do mexicans eat tomales on Christmas?
    so they have something to unwrap
  • invisiblesun, on 10/10/2007, -11/+6In my mind, racist jokes are for high school kids or those who never had any education above such.
  • slickhare, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10The thing about racist jokes, is that you can't discern how much is a joke, and how much is what a person believes. Now before people start getting as self righteous and saying "but I know they're stereotypes! I'm just joking around stop being so uptight" I know that some people tell them as jokes, but there are people who voice their internal opinions through these "jokes".

    What's wrong with that? I don't think anyone deserves to be judged because of the color of their skin. I'm pretty sure most everyone can agree on this. As racist and un-pc jokes become more and more acceptable, what about actual hate? It may be a joke now, we may shrug it off and say "oh it's only funny because it's not true" but how about several years down the line? Since people treat racial issues and stereotypes like a taboo, how about the impressionable youth who are hearing these jokes and aren't educated otherwise about race relations because of the taboos in place? Will they grow up believing these things? Then what of the next generation, and the next?

    I wish race wasn't such a huge issue in our society though, why can't we just co-exist?
    • ronh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is true, sometimes there are tell tale signs. If someone is telling a racist joke because they truly hate another race. It will make itself plain. F*ck those people, just give them some offensive jokes in there direction.
  • jarrubes, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2it might be going too far with holocaust and 9/11 jokes...
    • SirGunslinger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Nah! Mel Brooks has the best Holocaust jokes, and he was Jewish =)

      HITLER ON ICE!
      • blackjack75, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Damn, I sometimes wish I was jewish just so I could make jokes about the holocaust. Remember that Seinfeld episode where the Catholic Polish comedian converts to Judaism just for the jokes?
    • Issy1993, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3May I ask why?
  • SpoonMachine, on 10/10/2007, -4/+14Q:What's the difference between a pile of dead Jews and a Porsche?

    A:I don't have a Porsche in my garage!
    • FadieZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I don't think I ever laughed that hard at any joke, let alone a racist one.
  • DesuKN, on 10/10/2007, -9/+5Fairly easy:

    "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I subscribe to the theory of intellectual osmosis. As such, I must now cease our conversation and move away from you before my intelligence begins to drop. Good day."
  • manicallday, on 10/10/2007, -11/+5So let me get this straight. White people on this board feel that's okay to tell racist jokes. Am I getting this right? Anything is funny when it's not about you. I think that yes sometimes people can be a little over sensitive. However, I should be able to go to work and just do my job without hearing racist jokes. Save that ***** for your own free time.
    • venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Jokes about white people are funny too. Go for it.
    • Kronos6948, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1How many Mick, Polack, Daigo, thrifty Scotsman, Jew, and Nazi jokes are out there? Tons. I used those slurs because they're in the jokes. How many of these racist joke stereotypes belong to blacks? NONE.

      I'm a mutt. Italian, Puerto Rican, English and Cherokee. I've told jokes on all the races I've listed, including the ones that are my heritage. Why? Because they're funny.
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