I can't believe this was on T.V

[baci2004]

WARNING....just about everyone will find this offensive.

http://www.loveit-or-leaveit.com/videos/niggarfamily.html

Did anyone happen to catch this?

 

[RinardoEvoris]

Thought it was funny.

Ya see it's on "Chapelle's Show" (Dave Chapelle) so therefore it's seen as acceptable. If it was on SNL it would be considered offensive. It's funny how things like that work... like some of the jokes made on the Family Guy cartoon. If that was live action there'd be hell to pay. - That's why Howard Stern gets away with alot of his stuff .. he's Jewish and his sidekick is black. He says some things that could be percieved as pretty racist.

 

[y2kmark]

Humor

Almost never find humor offensive in any way, especially since it's made clear that's what it is up front. "politically correct" has gotten to be a reason to bash a whole lot of things lately and I'm thoroughly sick of it.

 

[Ross Eyerie]

That was hilarious! Chappelle is a genius!

Only thing I didn't get was the 'wetback' thing. I don't get it.

 

[belgiumcdn]

Mexicans are called wet backs because they tend to do alot of the farm labour in the southern state wich has them bent over in the sun picking, hence wet back

 

[TH World]

I heard they were called wetbacks because they swam the Rio Grande to enter the US illegally.

 

[feste]

I heard they were called wetbacks because they swam the Rio Grande to enter the US illegally.

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary this is the correct origin of the word.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=wetback

 

[Geminixoxo]

I didn't think it was funny at all.....

 

[the_big_E]

that was hilarious...Chappelle is also hilarious

 

[Big Sleazy]

Oh GOD was that funny.... I haven't heard anything that funny since Richard Prior lit himself on fire.

BS

 

[rama putri]

WARNING....just about everyone will find this offensive.

REALITY: Not.

It was funny. Very Funny. Look up politcal satire and get a sense of humour.

 

[Esco!]

Chappelle is gonna be (is) a star, he appeals to both blacks and whites. Another black comic I like is Martin Lawrence

 

[papasmerf]

Bout time they got their own show

 

[maxim4]

ahh.......................!

Chapelle is a comic genius! It's funny how satire and sarcasm can F up a bigoted agenda! He took the N-word and co-oped the word to the point where it cannot do any harm! Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor were originals in combining satire and sarcasm. Here in Canada we have the 'trailer park boys' and 'this hour has 22 minutes' and I sure some people are offended ! However we must remember that sometimes you just got laugh out loud in the midst of the madness!

 

[Esco!]

trailer park boys is good but needs to stop all the swearing

 

[stainless]

Loved it !!

 

[OrganicFan]

Check out the naked chicks link and the oil wrestling.

http://www.loveit-or-leaveit.com/nakedchicks/oilwrestling.html

 

[strange1]

I've seen some good stuff making fun of PC attitudes but this didn't cut it for me. Not offensive, just stupid. Way too much time to make a simple joke.

 

[rama putri]

I've seen some good stuff making fun of PC attitudes but this didn't cut it for me. Not offensive, just stupid. Way too much time to make a simple joke.

It's not a simple joke and it's not about PC.

 

[shack]

Way too much time to make a simple joke.

Correct. It was basically the same joke repeated with a different phrase each time. It was somewhat humorous at first but got tiresome after the 2nd or 3rd time.