Comics doing jokes about racism and stereotypes: do you think it's creating steps towards acceptance?

Comics doing jokes about racism and stereotypes: do you think it's creating steps towards acceptance?
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Some of them, I suppose, create a sense of acceptance by laughing at the user. Mostly, the utterance of some labels, makes me cringe.
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