I think it goes a bit deeper than 'poking fun'.
Would you 'poke fun' at black people in the same way? I suspect not.
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Indole Ring,
Thu 22 Sep 2005, 8:16,
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That's true,
but America as a country is not the same thing as black people, who have suffered hundreds of years of oppression.
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kaibosh,
Thu 22 Sep 2005, 8:32,
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