Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.
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But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Im so glad she has no idea what Mexicans or latinos are. We would have gotten “Jose frijoles” a Mexican wizard with a moustache and hat who throws a spanish word into every sentence.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
There’s no “shouldn’t have” here. We can laugh at these things. This was a joke about how racist JKR is, not a joke about the race it depicts.
There are good and bad jokes about racial stereotypes. Are we making fun of Mexicans or are we making fun of racist peoples’ stereotypes about Mexicans? I’d argue this joke was the latter.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
If she wrote a South East Asian she probably would name it Coolieboy Sambal. Who is an errand boy of one of teachers who tries to tame the boy and make him less “savage”
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t know if I’m laughing art JKR’s racism or at that funny racist sketch.
FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s ok to laugh at satire of racists 👍
Hupf@feddit.org 1 day ago
Racism is so much fun amirite?
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s fun to laugh at racist, so yes.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can make fun of stereotypes without being racist.
This is literally just a commentary on how JK Rowling wrote her other characters like Cho Chang and Kingsley shacklebolt.
No reasonable person is offended by the joke because it’s making fun of the stereotype not of the actual race.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
tbf. recently there was a fad of sketches recreating racism towards clankers. at some point it seemed like an excuse to cosplay racism, it stopped being funny and because creepy. not calling non of those people racist. just that the while vibe was off.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
unless it’s hateful rather than playful, anything can be funny. being funny isn’t an indication of morality.