rantrantrant!!!!

[kellwise]

I'm so fed up with all the racist jokes I've been hearing, specifically those regarding our new president. They're flying around work, I get them in texts, my parents are telling them, friends/family are emailing them to me. It's endless!! There are very few that are actually harmless and earn a chuckle or two, but mostly they're just ignorant and

Comments

[lizstorm]

yeah, that's one of the worst parts of living in the desert :(

[cantslowdownxo]

has nothing to do with the desert, i'm in Cleveland, Ohio and it's just as bad, and i don't only get them from one person, i get them over and over from everyone in my phone book, and it's just irritating.

i am not typically so emotional regarding racism, but i'm so tired of this after the 900th terrible joke i heard out of my brothers mouth i had to leave the house with tears, im just so frustrated.

[kellwise]

exactly! i'm not usually emotional or sensitive to it either, but after 50 of the same jokes over and over it just get bothersome. PLUS half the time i feel so torn, because a joke that i would have laughed at 5 months ago i now take differently because of the relationship i'm in. i feel weird if i laugh a racial joke, like i'm not being loyal to vince. is that dumb?? i just wish everyone would stop already, it's frustrating and not funny anymore.

[lizstorm]

i don't think it's dumb... especially if you don't laugh at jokes pointed at other minorities either. :)