That seems to be the opinion of many in the debate. I recalled an incident in which a Jewish editor told a Jewish joke, and I asked if I -- a non-Jew -- was actually supposed to lecture him on the inappropriateness of this. I was told no, but I could have made him aware that it made me uncomfortable and why. (He thought the joke was hilarious, by the way ... and so did I.)
To me this is pure stick-up-the-ass nonsense. The joke was about his own people; if HE is not bothered by it, I can't see why I should be.
I personally have a Heinz-57 background (German, English, Irish and Scottish are what I know for sure), I'm Canadian-born, and I'm female. By the same token, I cannot tell any German-English-Irish-Scottish-Canadian-female jokes.
Yeah, that's not ever gonna happen. I'm in pretty poor shape if I can't laugh at myself.
Don't know if you've ever heard of the comedian Jonathan Pie, but he just put out a video on identity politics. One of the things he said was "Welcome to 2018, where context and intent are no longer required to brand your fellow citizens a fucking racist."
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