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Laughter.

I might be showing just how stupid I am with this post, but I'm curious about something, so I'm gonna put it out here, anyway.

Apparently there is a text that is making it's rounds…..I, myself, haven't gotten it but I heard about it…..
It goes like this…

"free BBQ and
watermelon at the White House tomorrow. Bring your own blunt. Niggas
runnin' this shit now. -obama."

It cracked me up! I thought it was funny. The image of Obama kicking back in a lawn chair at the White House, sparking one up…..it made me laugh. It was funny.

But apparently there is some outrage over this text. I'm thinking…it's just a joke? Who cares? And it's a funny joke, so whoo-hooo. I'm all about funny.

How is this any worse than the jokes that would've been made if Hillary had been elected. Could you imagine the "woman" pms, bitch, hormonal jokes that would've been made? And some of them would've been funny….

Maybe it's the stereotypical BBQ and watermelon part of it…..that's not the funny part of the joke to me. But is that what pisses everyone off, the stereotyping? I'm seriously curious…..

I mean, there are a lot of bad white stereotypes too…..like rednecks, or white trash…old white men…. There are women stereotypes….wife stereotypes….SAHM stereotypes. I mean, people get stereotyped, it happens.  And sometimes it's just funny.  

I don't know…..and please, anyone, feel free to comment and clarify…. this is an observation and I am so open minded it isn't even funny……so please, enlighten me……but I don't know, sometimes I think people should spend less time getting offended and more time just laughing at themselves and maybe things would go a little more smoothly. 

I get annoyed at the pms stereotypes….really friggin' annoyed, especially when I am pms'ing in a bitchy mood. .(ha!) but I get that it's all in fun….now when people say shit and I know they mean it, well that's when I get offended. But jokes? Jokes don't bug me…..

And this is where I'm willing to conceed that maybe I'm an idiot.
I mean do we really think that making jokes perpetuates a stereotype or is it just having fun with a stereotype that's already there?  Especially when it's such a ridiculous stereotype…..

Food for thought, anyway…..

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8 responses to “Laughter.”

  1. Butterfly Baby Avatar
    Butterfly Baby

    I don’t think you’re an idiot. IMHO, I think it’s offensive since we’ve worked so hard and come so far. It’s almost saying that no black man could be classy enough to be in the white house. Yes it’s a joke but it’s saying a whole lot more. I don’t know if I’m getting my point across well enough….

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  2. Joey Avatar
    Joey

    I’m glad you don’t think I’m an idiot because seriously dude…sometimes I wonder. lol. You may not be saying what you want to clearly, but what you did say is kind of exactly what I’m talking about…..I guess I don’t fully understand how something said as a joke can be taken to mean so much more. At least for me and my family and friends, it’s simply that….a joke.  No worse than a stereotyped frigid wife joke…..or a stereotyped gay joke….I don’t know…I know I’m not being very clear, either…I guess I don’t believe these jokes perpetuate the stereotypes. I think for the majority of us intelligent people, it’s simply having fun with ridiculous stereotypes that already exist….but again, like I said….I’m open to hear another side to this….lol

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  3. Butterfly Baby Avatar
    Butterfly Baby

    I don’t know J,  these types of stereotypes have never been a joke for me, my family and friends… and it’s tough to describe why not! 

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  4. Libertine Avatar
    Libertine

    I can laugh at it, because it’s so patently absurd, as Barack Obama doesn’t fit any of these stereotypes.

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  5. Joey Avatar
    Joey

    These types of stereotypes? Black stereotypes or stereotypes in general?Do you think black stereotypes are more harmful for black people than say pms bitchy women jokes are for women? Just curious…..I’m making you help me figure my own head out. LOL Nice, huh? For me, I think they both are stupid. But I think in both cases we’ve (collective we) evolved far enough in this day and age and we “should” (for lack of a better word….)  know it is what it is….a joke. While there will always be people that are judgmental and really believe the stereotypes, as evidenced by this election…obviously most of us in America do
    not
    think that way…(thank god….)It IS tough to describe, isn’t it? I’m having a hard time describing what I even think of it all….lol. It’s weird….I don’t think I stated what I am trying to say clearly….ugh! lolMe, my family and some of my friends…..we do think a joke like that is funny.  But I know for me and probably my family and most of my friends …if there’s even a hint of the possibility that a person might actually be racist…well then, that’s not funny. That’s someone being spiteful and mean and trying to get away with it under the guise of a joke….but you usually can spot those people a mile away. I’m rambling now…….don’t feel like you have to respond to this, I want you to enjoy your time off! How long did you manage to sneak away for?

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  6. Butterfly Baby Avatar
    Butterfly Baby

    I personally DO think those stereotypes are more harmful than PMS. Does a PMS stereotype mean that you’re white trash? No. But saying that a black person eats watermelon and drinks a 40 at every opportunity WILL hold them back and demean them. NOW do I think White Trailer Trash stereotypes are just as harmful, absolutely. Does that even remotely help? Cause I feel like it doesn’t. Slipped away for an hour but had to do work stuff — objectives for next year and my yearly review. It was AWESOME being involved with work while he was in the house being watched. I loved it. It was the best of both worlds. He was close and I was thinking again!

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  7. Joey Avatar
    Joey

    Exactly! so patently absurd..…couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s just so ridiculous that it’s funny…..

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  8. Joey Avatar
    Joey

    yay!!! that is SO COOL, J! It IS so wonderful to be able to work at home and relax and focus and get stuff done…..without stressing! Maybe Mama should take Andrew to school. LOL No, it does help…..it helps me see the other view. :-)as always, thanks…..

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