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Originally Posted by honestiago
In the U.S. non-white comedians can say "white people always..." and make blanket assumptions. A white comedian cannot, regardless of intent. Most of the time, I can laugh about it. Sometimes, I think it's mean-spirited. However, since the usual criticisms are that, as a white, I can't dance, sing, play basketball, what have you, then I guess it's okay, since these are really minor criticisms. And since I'm white, I'm not allowed to complain about it anyway, right?
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This is simply untrue. If you watch comedy central or BET or any of those television stations when they have stand up comedians you will see PLENTY of white people who are also allowed to say "black people always..." or "Asians always..."
I would say that white comedians are more likely to avoid the subject because it's TOUCHY. Sometimes people can feel uncomfortable poking fun at stuff when a group they identify with was discriminating or doing violence towards a specific group of people (are you really going to be surprised if you don't hear a German making jokes towards Jewish people or homosexuals? and WWII ended 20 years BEFORE blacks and whites gained the right to marry each other!). But there are a number of white comedians who choose to make jokes about non-whites and a number of non-white comedians who choose to make jokes about whites.
What Michael Richards did was not comedy. And neither is what whatshisface on the radio did.
You want to see a white comedian who is a woman no less? Go watch some Lisa Lampanelli comedy shows on youtube. NSFW. Personally, I think she is the funniest woman on the planet. But that's just me.