Humor or Demeaning

How much can our humor cost? We take away the seriousness of the issue when we treat it as humor.It presents itself to the ones around us as not a big deal and then we all sweep it under the rug. By doing this we allow the continuation of that issue to continue without precaution of the real details of the issue and the reality it holds around us. 


When I first took upon the issue of Hispanic discrimination I really didn't think the number would be high because I have never been exposed to any discrimination or seen anything related to it.When the staggering number of 63% of hate crimes was towards Hispanics it was a bit alarming being that the only thing I see that involves Hispanic discrimination is when I look at comedy.  For instance a "wetback " joke of Carlos Mencia can tell a person if he's making fun of his own race why can't I? This projects that differences should be pointed out. But when we point out our differences we get treated different because of how we analyze this as division. 




We can also look at the freedom os speech in this country as allowing us to discriminate against each other, this privilege withholds us to enforce hatred between differences more publicly and influencing than ever. With freedom of speech we can manipulate minds that we are different and in that case should be treated differently which goes against Human rights which supports elimination of all forms of racial discrimination but how can these two laws work with each other when one encourages you to speak your mind and the other one limits your opinion?


This sends a confused message to society in which way they should act upon our differences.

In all we should take to account that this enables us to accept hate, accept discrimination, accept sector divisions of creed, and accept that we all should be looked and treated differently when we label each other.  With all these stereotypes we create racism that leads to discrimination and then leads to hate crimes. What we should do is not joke about real issues in society in order for us t care about it and not laugh about it. Because people getting brutally attacked because of the accent they reveal or the texture of their hair or even the amount of freckles on their face is not a laughing matter.