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Just JokingExploring Humor and Stereotypes through Argument Writing
Cathy Sproul, Summer 2015Southern Arizona Writing Project
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The following slides contain jokes.
As you view/read each one, think about:
1. your gut reaction to the joke
2. the assumptions and/or stereotypes the jokes play on
3. the joke’s funniness (or lack thereof)
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Welcome to being a parent of a teenager. Prepare for excessive eye rolling, emotional outbursts, and thoughts of running away. And that’s just the parents.
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The dog whisperer is very impressive, but I need the number of the Smartass Teenager Whisperer.
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Sexual education classes in school should just be listening to a baby cry for five straight hours while watching the same cartoon on repeat.
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My teacher pointed at me with his ruler and said: “At the end of this ruler there’s an idiot!”
I got detention after asking which end.
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How many white people does it take to change a light bulb?
None, they just beat up the room for being black.
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My grandfather did not travel 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to see this country be overrun by immigrants.
—Stephen Colbert
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No, that’s my nice twin in New York.
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Why are blonde jokes short?
So men can remember them.
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LET ME PLAY THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE
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Writing Activity
• Pick a joke (or two or three) that sticks out in your mind
• Think about the joke(s). What was your gut reaction? What assumptions/stereotypes does the joke make? Was the joke funny to you? Why or why not? Write!
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The End