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But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know if I’m laughing art JKR’s racism or at that funny racist sketch.

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  • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s ok to laugh at satire of racists 👍

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  • Hupf@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Racism is so much fun amirite?

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    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s fun to laugh at racist, so yes.

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    • BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      unless it’s hateful rather than playful, anything can be funny. being funny isn’t an indication of morality.

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• peteypete420@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok I know I shouldnt have, but that did make me chuckle.

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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”

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