The Racial Joke rule

There is a racial joke rule, although not all comply, this is essentially what it is:

• The racial rule is essentially that the only person that can make fun of a race is a person of that race: i.e. only blacks can make of things going on in the black race. Only hispanics can make fun of hispanics. Asians to asians. etc.

The Sub-rules to the main rule:

1. This rule can be broken when a person of a different race has the full acceptance of another race. i.e. if a white person has a tight in with black people, they can be permitted to making jokes about blacks. If the in is not tight enough, then expect backlash. (this rule mainly applies to professional comedians this is why what Michael Richards did was wrong, but Jeff Ross' roast was okay and Lisa Lampanelli who also makes racial jokes about other races, it should be mentioned that both Ross and Lampanelli are insult comics).
   
2. The reason its okay for minorities to make fun of whites is because of all the centuries whites have used minorities at their expense. Whites and their racism gets so absurd that one can't help but make jokes out of it. Of course there is a fine line, and often, that minority has to have some kind of in with whites to truly get away with it.
   
3. Always remember that what may be funny to you and your friends is not necessarily funny to others. If you a white person, make racial jokes with your minority friends, it may not sit well with others of that minority race. Case in point: the Miley Cyrus incident, and the Halle Berry incident. Remember (and this is something one often forgets), the minority friend does not represent an entire race. Just because they are okay with it doesn't mean everyone else is.

For me personally, I prefer racial jokes that only come from that person of that race. Racial jokes are a little too much for me honestly, and it makes me uncomfy when someone of another race makes a joke about another race. I am not too crazy for insult comedy.