> RoMunn wrote: > come off as "laughing with" the target of the joke, and that comes down to > power relationships. There is nothing funny about the powerful mocking the > powerless, it's just cruel. >
Hey, that's a really good analysis Robert. You're exactly right, it's about the power in the relationship *or the perceived power* and that's what creates the double standard. If a black guy says, "you're SO white" there's less of - or no - presumption of an abuse of power (unless the black guy was the boss .... then maybe if the relationship wasn't established). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
