A recent article published in your “Arts, Etc.” section entitled “Women in comedy continue to succeed through Jewish humor paired with confidence” detailed the recent successes of women in comedy in relation to their tendency to utilize hallmarks of “Jewish” humor as a method of sharing their own personal narratives. While I agree that there is a clear and problematic disparity between successful men and women in comedy, as a Black and Filipino female comedian, I found this article to be marginalizing to women and narrow in scope.
https://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2015/02/12/women-in-comedy-continue-to-succeed-through-jewish-humor-paired-with-confidence/#.VN2JavnF9S0
Combating hardships is a universal human experience, and the perceptivity to respond to such struggles with comedy cannot be attributed to a singular people or culture. The claims made in this article are arguably just as marginalizing as the claims that the author seeks to refute.
Nicole Lang ([email protected]) is a junior studying psychology and political science.