A typical widespread medium of humour takes the form of a joke. Jokes constitute something said or done to amuse or provoke laughter. Throughout this paper it will be shown that ethnic humour is damaging to individuals and destructive to Canadian society as a whole.
Ethnic jokes can take form in a multitude of styles.
Stupid' jokes simply depict a particular group as stupid, inept and ignorant. Did you hear about the Polack who thought his wife was trying to do away with him. These jokes mentioned above, demonstrate how two particular groups of people are commonly depicted in 'stupid' ethnic humour. However, this is not to say that these are the only two groups that stupid jokes are aimed at. There are numerous jokes that attack the intelligence of people from Mexican , Norwegian and Irish backgrounds as well.