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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I forget what he was talking about now, but he said something like, "things aren't that racist." His point was, overall, racism isn't as bad as it used to be? No one is arguing that. I think ncs said that in a few places in the country that she is familiar with, it is just as prevalent as it was in his 80s example.
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I said something like "there aren't that many racist/sexist/orientation jokes anymore," trying to make the point that disability-deriding humor is still considered ok, even though other similar kinds of humor have decreased somewhat. In my mind, it read as "compared to how it used to be, there aren't _that_ many racist/sexist/orientation jokes anymore."
And I stand by that. Do they stick out more today? Sure. Is the objective number of them anywhere close? I don't think so. Does it mean that we should stop trying to get rid of that kind of inventive? No, we should keep trying. But my original point was that making fun of disabilities is still generally considered to be an ok thing to do, which, in my opinion, is not true of the other kind of humor.
