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?

Let's face it: there's a double standard of behavior on some things. You have to look at intent.