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Humor Affected By One's Background And Race

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I fully agree that humor is affected by one’s background and race. As an Asian, I feel I always react differently compared to Americans when someone say a jokes. I found that I always think a joke is not funny at all while my American friends laugh loudly and ask me why it’s not funny. I believe it’s related to cultures. We grew up in different countries and the types of education. So it’s reasonable to have different reactions on the same jokes. I guess it is because American is more lively and open while Asians are stiffer and more serious (because there have many rules and etiquettes in eastern culture). So Americans are more easily to laugh or more willing to laugh. I think another reason might be the language barrier. Sometimes I am not
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