Why is it that black men can’t take racist jokes especially when they have no problems with sexist jokes?

• I ask this because let’s face it we do not tolerate racist jokes as we should not but look at all the sexist jokes from even serious news media and popular comedians such as Bill Maher. We are saying sexist jokes are OK and funny but we can’t take racist jokes, we say we are offended when Limbaugh and Oreily are racist. We ridicule their racist nature but what about Maher’s sexist nature. What is the difference? Racism and Sexism is the same, there is no difference both are forms of bigotory. Racist jokes will never get a free pass, we say racist jokes are not ok not cool, so why won’t we say the same of sexist jokes. Even black comedians are fond of making sexist jokes. Why are we saying we expect women to have a sense of humour and take sexist jokes but black men won’t expect themselves to have that same sense of humour and take racist jokes. You see I am a bi-racial men, I do not tolerate racist jokes but I also do not tolerate sexist jokes. I was just as offended by the magic negr* song even offended by those who were saying this is just satire. But I started think what if Obama was a women president and the song was about the magic bit*h or magic h0, would we be just as offended. Something tells me no, I am pretty sure guys like Bill Maher would find that funny. If magic ***** is not funny then neither is magic bit*h or magic h0. I remember all the attention when ann coultor called Edwards a fag0t, we were saying she is a crazy bit*h but I have heard bill maher say all girls are hos when he was on the Jay Leno show, how come there was no criticism at what bill said. Why is there this double standard against women, why is racism and racist jokes not acceptable but sexist jokes and sexism is ignored or accepted. Take for example this question asked by another Yahoo user of a sexist joke by Bill Maher about how women argue. If he had done this exact same joke about how black people argue, he would have gotten a lot of criticisms and even outrage from the black community because it is racist and stupid to take your criticism of one black person and apply it to all black people. Why was it not equally stupid for him to take his criticisms of Hillary and apply it to all women? Why was this acceptable? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Asw25sffXV_C0qj8fXeuLS7ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090101163214AAoUVeG we laughed at hillary clinton's nutcracker doll but would be outraged at a slave Obama figure. Saying it is ok to expect women to be fine with sexist jokes because they should have a sense of humour but then turn around and say racist jokes are not funny and say we are not tolerating that. Where is your sense of humour men, specifically black men. If you have the balls to be making sexist jokes, then you should have the balls to take racist jokes otherwise there is a double standard applied against women. Need I remind people, sexism is no different than racism. Both are forms of bigotory.

• Answer:

  You're right, sexism is just as bad as racism. So is homophobia and religious bigotry. I noticed especially the black community is big with anti-white jokes/anti-ethnic jokes (asian, latino) but get offended when its something about them (coming from another race). So that double standard should also be addressed. I'm glad you brought this up, any form of prejudice is really a bad thing my friend. Racism (black jokes, white jokes), sexism (anti-man, anti-woman), homophobia (gay jokes), religious intolerance (jewish jokes, muslim jokes). When we learn to accept one another only then will we free the bonds that separate us from being fellow human beings. Great question and starred.