[SML] Old joke request

Rob Graham photonguide at gmail.com
Thu Sep 5 11:03:59 UTC 2019


I concur with June’s sentiment.

The nature of that “joke” has always been the discomfort created by the
implication of a racist sentiment.

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 1:50 AM June Abernathy via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I may be in the minority here, but I think some old jokes (and types of
> jokes) should be allowed to gracefully slip into the past. And I think the
> various iterations of the “hang the blacks” joke absolutely qualify as some
> that don’t necessarily need to be passed on to the next generation. I
> remember it from when I was a punk too. But sensibilities evolve over time,
> and I find it cringeworthy now.
>
> My .02c
>
> June Abernathy
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