RE: Humor or pushing a stereotype?
September 29, 2024 at 9:56 am
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2024 at 11:19 am by Nay_Sayer.)
(September 29, 2024 at 4:21 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 29, 2024 at 12:23 am)Nay_Sayer Wrote: Appreciate it.
The question I'm posing is; Is humor an effective way of neutralizing a bad stereotype or does it end up pushing the narrative?
First of all, I don't agree that 'Haitians are eating people's pets' qualifies as a stereotype.
In a more general sense, however, I think humour can do both of those things. Humour is highly contextual - what is the purpose of the joke? It is meant to ridicule the stereotype or to reinforce it? Jokes, satire, parody, sarcasm, etc. have long been used to puncture widely held but erroneous beliefs.
In the current discussion, I think we all know Silver well enough to accept that he's not seriously suggesting that Haitians are coming for Marzipan.
Boru
A fair point. To be clear I know Silver didn't mean it to be serious at all.
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