Are Stereotype jokes good?

Are Stereotype jokes good?
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Stereotypes allow a "shorthand" that makes a joke started easierto tell. If you say "There was one a used car salesman ...: yourlisteners are ready to accept that your story is about a sharp andpotentially oily salesman who wither will confound a foolish personor be made a fool of himself.The troubles that stereotypes oftenare a entrance to prejudice and ignorance about a group. Wgther thespent phrase makes in introduction about a blonde, Moslem, Jew,LGBT person or cripple you know where the tellers mind is going andthe prejudices he has an expects you to agree with.The test is then, is the joke good.Try telling the joke with with a change of cast - start off with"Well this middle aged white business man went into a familyrestaurant and saw another person there and he said..." If the jokeis still good (does not rely on prejudice) it is a good joke otherwase it needs someone to demean to be "funny" and not good. A jokeabout a Basketball player (stereotype: very tall) noticing an oddtattoo on the head of a bald person (stereotype: no hair on theirhead) could still be funny, require stereotypes, but be insultingto neither basketball players or people who are bald.
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