From The Grio:
Racist jokes can get you into trouble, and maybe even a lawsuit. Just ask celebrity chef Paula Deen. According to published reports, Deen, in a videotaped deposition, has admitted to using the n-word and wanting to use black waiters dressed up as slaves for a wedding party she was planning... Comedians who are from racial and ethnic minority groups have been known to employ self-deprecating humor and use racial stereotypes in their material.  Often, according to Raúl Pérez of the University of California at Irvine, these comics often find themselves unable to avoid discussions of race in their material, and are encouraged to go for the stereotypes unabated.

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