Mocking Racism

The idea of mocking racism is one that makes me personally chuckle. In Chad’s post he poses the questions: “Do you think that mocking racism is appropriate? How much do you hate Tosh.O?” To answer the first question I first have to interrogate the word appropriate. I think that when it comes to deciding what is appropriate a person has to look at venue, audience, and timing. If a person is in a setting in which some kind of race humor would be looked down upon then it is probably not appropriate. For example, if at a church that has a body of mixed races it would probably not be the kind of location where dropping a joke of any kind is acceptable let alone jokes that mock racism. However, if you are just chilling at home and you have some people over that is an acceptable venue but you have to be mindful of who your house guests are. Given the perfect situation with the perfect audience, timing is still really important. In fact, it is important in two ways, when telling a joke the timing of the story or joke is really important but when making jokes that mock racism you have to keep in mind current events and make sure that you are not guilty of making a joke “too soon.” To answer Chad's second question: not very much, I don't exactly care about him either way.