Comedy and racism

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As a Chinese, I hear many stereotypical jokes concerning Asians. The most common ones are small eyes, small private parts, and bad drivers. I find this non sense funny because people assume that only Asians apply to those things, when it can happen to anyone of any background or culture. I find racism more amusing than it is offensive. In fact, I think it's possible to use racism to bring people of different colours together. To prove my theory, I'm going to use the comedian Russell Peters as an example. Mr. Peters uses racism and stereotypes in a majority of his acts. As a result, he generates very diverse and multicultural audiences. Instead of violence which separates people from one another, Russell Peters uses racism and comedy to unite different nationalities together. What do you guys think of this topic?