The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy.by Perez New**

Stanford University Press

A rigorous study of the social meaning and consequences of racist humor, and a damning argument for when the joke is not just a joke.\nHaving a \""good\"" sense of humor generally means being able to take a joke without getting offended\u2014laughing even at a taboo thought or at another's expense. The insinuation is that laughter eases social tension and creates solidarity in an overly politicized social world. But do the stakes change when the jokes are racist? In The Souls of White Jokes Ra\u00FAl P\u00E9rez argues that we must genuinely confront this unsettling question in order to fully understand the persistence of anti-black racism and white supremacy in American society today.\nW.E.B. Du Bois's prescient essay \""The Souls of White Folk\"" was one of the first to theorize whiteness as a social and\n\nThe Souls of White Jokes\nHow Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked se;