coastie
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Say it isn't so.In my nightmare I found myself nude in bed, and I was looking at a mirror on the ceiling, and I discovered that I am a Negro and I’m circumcised.
Quickly, I jumped up, found my pants and looked in the pockets to find my driver’s license photo and it was that same color. Black.
I felt myself being very depressed, downcast, sitting in a chair. But, it’s a wheelchair!! That means, of course, besides being black and Jewish, I’m also disabled!!
I said to myself aloud, ‘This is impossible. It’s impossible that I should be black and Jewish and disabled.’
‘It’s the pure and holy truth,’ whispers someone from behind me.
I turn around. It’s my boyfriend!!
Just what I needed!!
I’m a homosexual, and on top of that, with a Mexican boyfriend.
Oh, my God.. Black, Jewish, disabled, homosexual with a Mexican boyfriend, drug addict and HIV positive!!!
Desperate, I begin to shout, cry, pull my hair, and Oh no, I’m bald!!
The telephone rings. It’s my brother.
He is saying, ‘Since mom and dad died the only thing you do is hang out, take drugs, and laze around all day doing nothing. Get a job you worthless piece of crap…any job.’
Mom?... Dad?... Nooooooo. Now I’m also an unemployed orphan.
I try to explain to my brother how hard it is to find a job when you are black, Jewish, disabled, homosexual with a Mexican boyfriend, are a drug addict, HIV-positive, bald and an orphan.
But, he doesn’t get it. Frustrated, I hang up.
It’s then that I realize I only have one hand.
With tears in my eyes, I go to the window to look out. I see I live in a shanty-town, with cardboard and tin houses. There is trash everywhere.
Suddenly, I feel a sharp pain near my pacemaker. Pacemaker?!!
Besides being Black, Jewish, Disabled, a homosexual with a Mexican boyfriend, a drug addict, HIV-positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, and invalid with one hand, and having a bad heart, I live in a crappy neighborhood.
At that moment, my boyfriend approaches me and says, ‘Sweetiepie, my love, my little black heart-throb, have you decided which inaugural party we are going to for Obama????
Say it isn’t so!! I can handle being a black, disabled, one armed, drug addicted, Jewish, homosexual, on a pacemaker who is HIV-positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum and has a Mexican boyfriend, but please, oh dear God, please don’t tell me I’m a Democrat!!
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One citizen
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The best short story I have read in years
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THE CURE
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| One citizen wrote: | | The best short story I have read in years |
Simple minds like simple things. 
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coastie
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Hey Cure. Lighten up. It's a joke. That's all.
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Outsider
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| Quote: | | oh dear God, please don’t tell me I’m a Democrat!! |
The real nightmare would be waking up still a repub. 
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coastie
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Like I told Cure it's a joke.
And you can twist it anyway you want. A little editting and you can have the poor guy wake up a republican if you want. Whatever suits you.
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Outsider
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| Quote: | | I can handle being a black, disabled, one armed, drug addicted, Jewish, homosexual, on a pacemaker who is HIV-positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum and has a Mexican boyfriend, |
The "joke" tried to cram as many racial, ethnic, religious, and other forms of discrimination laughs as it possibly could in one paragraph, but I guess some still find such "jokes" funny. HA HA HA HA.
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Roostercogburn
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Real Americans vote REPUBLICAN and REAL CHRISTIANS are gun toting flag waving REPUBLICANS!
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flyupsidedown
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pulllleeze. I love how humorless you liberals are. It's so unamerican. For all you know, a black, disabled, one armed, drug addicted, Jewish, homosexual, on a pacemaker who is HIV-positive, bald, orphaned, unemployed, lives in a slum and has a Mexican boyfriend, and is a democrat, wrote the joke.
The best pollack jokes I ever heard were from my great uncle charles and uncle walter. both pryseski's. The name of course was shortened when their mother immigrated to America. Both were about 4' 5" tall and were the greatest. Full of life and love and jokes. Especially about pollacks. I even laughed at their Irish jokes.
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SkygreenLeopard
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HA HA HA That makes it all better! Lets find someone who one time met a black guy who told the best n##### jokes so we can trade a few of those too!
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coastie
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Ever listen to Richard Pryor, Sun?
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SkygreenLeopard
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| coastie wrote: | | Ever listen to Richard Pryor, Sun? |
Ever repeat any of his black jokes to a mixed audience?
Methinks you missed the point.
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doomster
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I didn't see anything wrong with it......if it makes you feel any better SAR we'll replace the black guy with chink........LMAO!!! Can't we have POLITICAL jokes with-out one getting offended?
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SkygreenLeopard
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I don't see anything political about it. I see a joke being made that implies being a "negro," jewish, mexican, or homosexual would be a "nightmare."
Tell all the democrat/republican jokes you want, I have thick skin, but let's leave the bigotry to the backyard BBQs with your boys, mkay?
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Outsider
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Doomster wrote:
| Quote: | | I didn't see anything wrong with it......if it makes you feel any better SAR we'll replace the black guy with chink........LMAO!!! Can't we have POLITICAL jokes with-out one getting offended? |
I think the joke is very insensitive to a lot of people and is not funny at all.
About the only thing about it that's political is the last word. The rest of the words say something else entirely over and over to drive the point home.
Yes, you can have and approve all the so called "political" racist jokes on the board you want, have at it, but I don't think it's the type of board a lot of folks will want to be posting on.
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THE CURE
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Outsider did you expect any different from some of these guys?
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Outsider
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Maybe I give them too much credit Cure. Hoping they will see SUN's point.
| Quote: | | Tell all the democrat/republican jokes you want, I have thick skin, but let's leave the bigotry to the backyard BBQs |
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doomster
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It was a joke, a joke, a joke.......if it was directed towards an "individual," then you would have credibility to stand on.....due to the fact that it was not directed to any individual here on this board, its not meant in bad terms. Some of you can't see past this black/white racist issue deal and think its the worse thing in the world. I guess its ok for black folks to pick on white folks, crackers, mexicans, spics, jews, etc.......we just can't pick on them???? Is that what you are saying??? For god sake it was a joke....lighten up.
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Outsider
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Doomster wrote:
| Quote: | | I guess its ok for black folks to pick on white folks, crackers, mexicans, spics, jews, etc.......we just can't pick on them???? Is that what you are saying??? For god sake it was a joke....lighten up. |
No, that is not what I'm saying. You can pick on whom ever you please, and post jokes about what ever you please. What I'm saying is when these type of jokes are posted there will be many who will be offended because of the racial, ethnic components. I do assume there is a mixed audience here. I'm just suggesting that maybe offending large numbers of folks might not be in the best interest of the board. (but hey, that's just my opinion I'm just an outsider, it's not my board)
Most already here are as SUN says "thick skinned" as evidenced by remarks about each other but are new members going to be as thick skinned?
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SkygreenLeopard
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| Outsider wrote: | Doomster wrote:
| Quote: | | I guess its ok for black folks to pick on white folks, crackers, mexicans, spics, jews, etc.......we just can't pick on them???? Is that what you are saying??? For god sake it was a joke....lighten up. |
No, that is not what I'm saying. You can pick on whom ever you please, and post jokes about what ever you please. What I'm saying is when these type of jokes are posted there will be many who will be offended because of the racial, ethnic components. I do assume there is a mixed audience here. I'm just suggesting that maybe offending large numbers of folks might not be in the best interest of the board. (but hey, that's just my opinion I'm just an outsider, it's not my board)
Most already here are as SUN says "thick skinned" as evidenced by remarks about each other but are new members going to be as thick skinned? |
I am thick skinned when it comes to jokes about myself. Wanna make a fat joke? go for it! Wanna make fun of democrats? Please! I'll dish it right back! Wanna call me a cracker? Oh my goodness, I'll cry myself to sleep 
But when 'jokes' are made putting gays, african americans, mexicans...etc in a negative light, what's the point? There is none, and it only shows that you have issues with racism and bigotry that you may not be aware of.
Oh and, using the "Waaaaaaah! some black people make fun of white people so we should be able to do the same!" argument is dumb. Two wrongs don't make a right. Obviously.
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coastie
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Sun - I didn't see it the same way as you did.
I saw it as someone (the originator of the joke) - used all the stereotypically discriminated against classes - and in the end, the worst thing (a worse plight than any of those discriminated against classes) --- worse than anything else was the guy found out he was a democrat.
The joke was about democrats. Maybe crude, but - after all, it was just a joke.
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doomster
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If folks keep bringing racism to the table, we will never escape it.
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SkygreenLeopard
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| doomster wrote: | | If folks keep bringing racism to the table, we will never escape it. |
Finally something we can agree on! It's a shame that some people feel the need to come up with 'jokes' like this.
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