way that undercuts rather than reinforing racial stereotyping. A Jewish comedian can do the same about Jewish people - with the same proviso. Similarly a black comedian - Reginald D Hunter's a good example of someone who challenges racial stereotyping by rubbing it in the faces of his white audience; Cosby, on the other hand, simply reinforced white prejudices and assumptions about blacks. Spurs fans referring to themselves as 'Yids' goes back to the days when the fans of the other London clubs (and most of the clubs from outside London too) regularly levelled anti-semitic songs and chants at them. It was a case of "You think you can insult me by calling me a Yid? If I call myself a 'Yid', and even make clear that I'm proud of being a 'Yid', what happens to your insults?" I'm still trying to work out how exactly the term 'Yid' can be considered offensive to a black lawyer. And are some lawyer jokes potentially racist on the basis that in any large group of lawyers, some may be assumed to be of African or Caribbean descent? Section 5 states that it doesn't matter who is using the term - if it causes offense, you can still be charged. For example, if I were surrounded by a group of black men all using the term "nigger" as some do, if I or anyone else in proximity were to take offense to it, they can still be arrested. This "defensive" argument only washes