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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This illustrates how we are desensitized to bad things that happen to people of color. If this was a Jewish young man talking about the past ills his people experienced this would be so not funny.

African Americans who laugh at slavery don't know any better. They don't know their history. They don't see how this has effected our families over time. They don't understand how even today there is little regard for our lives.

I applaud his mom for taking a stand even if it was after the fact she gave her permission.

AA male.

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I think everyone agrees that the field trip was ridiculous and just awful awful judgement.  No one is laughing at slavery.  We are cracking up at the way he told the story of the field trip, because he was friggin hilarious.  The joke is not on slaves-- it's on the clueless people who thought it would be a great educational experience to take little black kids out to pick cotton.  PP, there are PLENTY of Jewish comics who make fun of the "past ills" his people experienced.  That's what good comedy is all about-- taking something outrageous and making you laugh while making you think.
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