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Dec 28, 2010, 08:13 AM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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I've been known to laugh at off-color jokes, but I can't laugh at someone else's pain or degradation. Jokes about minorities infuriate me. 
Years ago I attended a party. I was talking with a woman I had just met, and we were talking about our children and she asked about my son's looks. Before I could say anything, another woman told her my son is half-black. What followed was a barrage of "N" jokes. I was dumbfounded. They told me to "lighten up." Instead, I got up and walked out. 
Another time, I was at a friend's house for Thanksgiving and another couple was present. Not only were we subjected to "N" jokes from this couple, they had a slew of Mexican jokes as well. I did NOT want to cause a scene at the dinner table, so we finished our meal and left - never to return. It broke my heart to see my friend laugh at those jokes with my husband and son present at her table. 
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