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[SirLardsAlot]

Originally Posted by Div

Seriously, how many racist jokes about black guys and mexicans do you have to hear before it gets boring.

Chappelle: im black. i do drugs. white ppl r lame.
Mencia: im mexican. mexicans are poor. home depot.

Normally I agree. I have Mind of Mencia. But Chappelle's Show was hilarious.

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by neilpeartjr.

Daily Show: meh

[zgodt]

Originally Posted by Div

Seriously, how many racist jokes about black guys and mexicans do you have to hear before it gets boring.

Chappelle: im black. i do drugs. white ppl r lame.
Mencia: im mexican. mexicans are poor. home depot.

Well, racism and racial stereotypes still significantly affect people's experience, so they are fertile topics for comedy (along with other forms of discussion and art). The trick is offering some kind of new or surprising way of looking at them. Chapelle consistently did. Mencia never has. There's the difference.

[JRA]

Originally Posted by zgodt

The trick is offering some kind of new or surprising way of looking at them. Chapelle consistently did. Mencia never has. There's the difference.

Exactly. I mean, a black white supremisist who came into being because he was brought up at a school for blind children who's superiors thought it would be best if he was under the illusion that he was white?

[theclansman1114]

Originally Posted by neilpeartjr.

Exactly. I mean, a black white supremisist who came into being because he was brought up at a school for blind children who's superiors thought it would be best if he was under the illusion that he was white?

Exactly. Chappelle owns Mencia.