World gone mad: Music conductor fired for making racist joke even though "victim" says no.

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mZuzek said:

aLkaLiNE said:

I would rather knock someone for having twisted beliefs before anything else, regardless of race, religion, sex, and so on. (...) colors don't exist. Values do.)

Eh, that's why we make jokes about our physical appearance. I'd much rather make a racist joke to a friend I know has fun with it, than make a joke about their beliefs, because that's when you're taking it into "values" territory and mocking them for something they have consciously chosen to believe in. 

Beliefs can be changed though, while race cannot. So, being racist is criticizing someone for something they cannot control.