Are sardar jokes racist?

I believe that the fact that these kinds of cheap jokes on religious minorities exist proves the cheap mentality of Indian people. Now if you are a person who tells sardar jokes, why do you do it? For everyone, do you think they are racist and should be banned?

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Why aren't there "just for fun" Hindu and Muslim jokes in India, even though the majority is Hindu? Sikhs were massacred in India brutally in 1984. This absence of equality in these jokes tell me why they target these minority communities - yes they are racist.

Are sardar jokes racist?

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As long as you take it as just a joke its OK, don't take it personally... else tomorrow the Animal Rights people will ban Ant-Elephant jokes as well.
why r u serious about lighter side of the life?
It is illogical to call whole country's mentality cheap just because few people crack Sardar Jokes. It shows your mentality to see perfect goodness in anything. My dear girl, there is no absolute goodness, even a very good person has something bad.

As for Sardar Jokes, Yes, it is not Good to post Jokes on them.

As far as Racist, even Kushwant Singh allowed Sardar Jokes. One can say that it is great to laugh and crack jokes on oneself. Even Madrasi Jokes are there!

There is no perfect Good, first understand it. I know that a best answer will be for a person who supports your view which is baseless.
They are no more racist than Irish or blonde jokes. These are essentially the same jokes with different ethnic groups at the brunt.
yes they are
In any parts of the world, jokes are made of people who like jokes. Sardarjis are people who like jokes and they themselves started making jokes themselves. It is their lightheartedness. People who can laugh at themselves are more healthier and free thinking.
Are you a sardar or sardarni ????

There are jokes made on parsiss, mallus, madarasis, jaats, blondes, pakistanis, biharis and many more. It doesnt mean that they are racists !!!!

I tell sardar jokes and hear them too very frequently. In fact I have sardar friends who tells very good sardar jokes. Its all for just fun and only for fun. If anyone demands to ban jokes then there wont any humour left in this world.

If you want more sardar jokes you can visit to www.santabanta.com

all the best to you.
i HATE racism... but jokes are jokes... loosen up will you?!
Yes, these jokes extremely racist and disconcerting. The Sikh people have done much for India (over 80% of casulaties during independence were in Punjab, a Sikh majority state) and they are the most accomplished community abroad (the richest state in India, capita-wise). Yet they are extremely discriminated in a Hindu-majority country, in fact they are oppressed in their own land. That these are "just fine" in India, with the absence of any corresponding "Hindu jokes" really reminds me that we live in a Hindu-dominated country.

For those of you claim to be oblivious to the religious significance of a sardar, I ask you this: when you think of a sardar, do you think of a Hindu, Muslim, or Christian as equally as you picture a Sikh? The answer is no. The term "sardar" exclusively defines a Sikh who has been baptized and adorns a turban. There is no such thing as a Hindu sardar or a Muslim sardar - a sardar is exclusively a baptised Sikh. You might as easily have called these "Mohomeddan jokes", "Jewish jokes", "Hindu jokes", etc. Considering the huge massacre of Sikhs in India in 1984, a Hindu telling a sardar jokes is like a German telling a Jewish one.

The Sikh community has been more ridiculed and harrassed with these sorts of racist jokes than any other community in India. It is not surprising, considering India is a majority Hindu country, where cultural respect is not paramount. I find these extremely offensive, and I challenge you to find a Sikh, especially a sardar, who finds them hilarious. I similarly urge you to replace the "sardar" in these jokes with "hindu" or "muslim" and challenge you to find a Hindu or Muslim who would find these jokes minutely funny. Face it. They are racist.

To drive home the effect these jokes have, visit the website http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/... It starts out with a "punjabi" joke with Sikh undertones and a controversy that follows. These jokes bear no relation to a sardar in the first place, nor do they minutely describe the true Sikh community. They have no basis in reality, but they have erected tremendous stereotyping against the community, despite being the most prosperous community abroad. I urge you all to respect religious affiliations, although this sensitivity is rarely found in India. These jokes are extremely racist, I for one find them extremely uncomfortable, as would any other religious community. Jokes are ok, but when sensibilities start getting hurt and jokes become slander, it's time to say enough is enough.
A sardar is specifically a baptized Sikh. The Sikhs are a religious minority, making 2% of the Indian population. In India, over 80% of the population is Hindu, yet all the jokes are on religious minorities such as sardars and Muslims. One reason for this is that the Sikhs are the most successful community, despite being a very small population. Most of Indians abroad are Sikhs, and Punjab is the richest state in India (capita-wise). Hindus originally retaliated the success of this minority by spreading sardar jokes across the Internet to demean them.

Yes, these jokes are absolutely racist. I think we have to understand the nature of sardar jokes in India - these jokes are not light-hearted folly. It isn't just "small representative folks" from India making these sorts of jokes...they are extremely common amongst Hindus, although little Hindu jokes exist in this Hindu-majority nation. If you type "sardar jokes" in Yahoo Answers, you will find many of these Hindu Indians posting sardar jokes online, despite the Sikhs being very hard-working and humble people. The original intent of these jokes were to downgrade the Sikh success and present an image of incompetency, illiteracy, etc. Of course, it is ironic, given that a majority of the poor, illiterate are Hindus.

In general, India presents an outward image of diversity, but it is deeply rooted in racism, starting from the caste system when thousands of massacres occurred, genocide of Sikhs in 1984, and racist jokes in contemporary times.

Many protests have taken place because of the derogatory and racist connotations these jokes have reached - Anil Ambani was arrested for his bigoted circulation of "sardarji" jokes on SMS subscribers, and numerous other cases of harassment have popped up. We need to grow up and stop ridiculing other minorities. If you are a Hindu and like humour, joke about some laughable Hindu customs...targeting other hard-working minorities in India is quite backward and disgusting.
No never It Just all for fun