1) The goal should be to minimize differences OF TREATMENT. A diverse culture is fine so long as no segment of it is exclusive to outsiders, which black culture really is. You can't both say "We're different, we want to be treated differently" and "Treat us as equals." The two are mutually exclusive.
2) If it's not OK for ANYBODY to make racially-charged jokes, your first mission should be to shut down all stand-up comedy in this country. Once you do that, THEN it's fair to start banging on the doors of guys who do that on the radio. You can't call what Imus said "despicable, deplorable, unconscionable" while at the same time laughing at Chappelle's skits about Whitey. They're equally racist, but (in my opinion) neither was said in hatred like Mel Gibson's or Michael Richards's were. There's a difference racially-charged and racial-hatred charged.
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2) If it's not OK for ANYBODY to make racially-charged jokes, your first mission should be to shut down all stand-up comedy in this country. Once you do that, THEN it's fair to start banging on the doors of guys who do that on the radio. You can't call what Imus said "despicable, deplorable, unconscionable" while at the same time laughing at Chappelle's skits about Whitey. They're equally racist, but (in my opinion) neither was said in hatred like Mel Gibson's or Michael Richards's were. There's a difference racially-charged and racial-hatred charged.