| abstract | - A subset of Acceptable Targets. Remember that these aren't always ethnic in the literal sense we're used to -- they just refer to someone who has something about them which, short of plastic surgery, they can't really change. Foreign/unusual accents and dialects are also typically considered speech impediments, and therefore become subjects of mockery much like Acceptable Hard Luck Targets. Examples of Acceptable Ethnic Targets include: For many, skinny means weak and easy to defeat in a physical fight. Doubly so if said guy is also short. While being tall and lanky may be tolerated, being skinny and of average height is unacceptable for a man in the media, since such men look "weak" and weakness, especially physical weakness, is just the very definition of failure at being a "real" man.
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