People are way too sensitive. To me, making fun of someone is teasing them, and helping them to laugh at themselves. I’m not descriminating, I’m not being childish (I’m almost 35), I’m not implying that something is wrong with the person I am “making fun” of, I just love to laugh.
Having worked with adolescents with pshychological, behavioral and developmental problems, many with combined problems, I learned that laughing with them, as they laugh at themselves, and pointing out the humor of certain situations actually HELPS these kids to take a step back from their emotions and impulses, and it allows them to see things from others perspectives. All the kids loved me because they said I always made them laugh, and I showed them how to see their problems and situations from a different perspective.
Making fun/light of someone and their situation is in no way equivalent to racism. That’s ridiculous.