Psy, there's a fine line between "making fun of racism" and just plain racism.
Do people laugh at the person who say Jews are money hoarding hook-noses, or are they laughing at the "greedy jew."
I think you're giving people credit for an ironic sophistication they don't pocess. This is the country of the timeless "football in the crotch" ballad, afterall. Oh, don't forget our longest serving senator,Strom thurmond, leader of the Segragationist party- dedicated to keeping "niggers out of our pools."
Not that I'm implying Nhiles racist or nothin'
I just feel this "ironic racist" thing is the way people get to be racist without possible consequences