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HERE’s a great joke for you. An Irishman, a Jew, and a black are in a boat together. The boat starts taking on water—no, sorry, I can’t tell this one. Getting away with this joke would take an entire committee. An Irishman would say the Irish part before passing the baton to a Jew, and so on. For our culture prohibits making fun, whether in malice or in jest, of any ethnic or racial group except your own.

Jackie Mason lampoons Jews. Chris Rock mocks blacks. Margaret Cho pokes fun at Asians. King of the Hill spoofs Middle American whites. They all carry on with impunity, for society recognizes the innate right of every American to make jokes about his own ethnic and racial group. People like Mason and Rock can exercise their right to maximum advantage, and we are all amused.

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HERE’s a great joke for you. An Irishman, a Jew, and a black are in a boat together. The boat starts taking on water—no, sorry, I can’t tell this one. Getting away with this joke would take an entire committee. An Irishman would say the Irish part before passing the baton to a Jew, and so on. For our culture prohibits making fun, whether in malice or in jest, of any ethnic or racial group except your own.

Jackie Mason lampoons Jews. Chris Rock mocks blacks. Margaret Cho pokes fun at Asians. King of the Hill spoofs Middle American whites. They all carry on with impunity, for society recognizes the innate right of every American to make jokes about his own ethnic and racial group. People like Mason and Rock can exercise their right to maximum advantage, and we are all amused.