- It’s Not “Just a Joke”
- Teaching Tolerance - Submitted by Monita K. Bell on October 6, 2016
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- Key Points: Author Monita Bell writes about a recent "Watters' World" segment that appears on Fox News. In the segment, Jesse Watters interviews residents of New York City's Chinatown about the presidential debate. She addresses political humor and how the interview is a prime example of privilege in today's society.
- Relevance: "It is imperative that we—especially those of us who educate and otherwise influence young people—think about the power of our words, even our jokes." I couldn't agree more with Bell on this topic and as a teacher who tries to incorporate humor into lessons and enjoys sarcasm I think that it's extremely important that we consider our audience and the message we may or may not be portraying to our students. With the upcoming presidential election, our students will be exposed to various media reports such as these and it's important that we don't encourage the stereotyping that is being displayed.
