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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe, but its more that at 14/15/16, everything is a joke.  Or, maybe everything is an opportunity to get a laugh from your friends.

It's no different from when we were kids.

We live in a very diverse area of MoCo, and its the same across all the kids of that age.  It's all racial jokes.  And I think its totally fine.  It's a way to give themselves power over all of it, and tbh, a way to show they are above.  If you're white, and you're hispanic friend makes a lame joke about how bad you are dancing, and you make a joke about their parents being illegals, it demonstrates how they are above the fray.

Now, if it just a bunch of white kids using the n-word, that's different.  But context really does matter.  Especially at this age[/quote]

I do not agree at all and I do NOT think "its totally fine." Joking that someone is a bad dancer is NOT the same as joking that their parents are illegals. Joking that their parents are illegals (whether true or not) is NOT something to joke about and is a form of racial microaggression. Microaggression is rampant and sadly most people don't even realize they are doing it. Microaggression is a way to "give themselves power" as you say above.[/quote]

Well, I guess we can agree to disagree.  These kids are the best of friends.

When the Korean kid gets a text from his mom and says "I gotta go home for dinner" and the AA kid says "oh what's for dinner tonight?  Dog?".  Its totally fine.

Its these kids taking ownership of the racial stereotypes and taking away the hate from them.  These boys are truly the best of friends and this is how they interact.

It's not a microaggression.  It's not the AA kid taking the power from the Korean kid.  Or the white kid taking the power from the hispanic kid.  It's them, as a group, taking the power back together.

It's a good thing, imo.  These kids love each other despite the adults always telling them how different they are from each other[/quote]

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