The Demands of Polite Society and Political Correctness Can Create

The demands of polite society and political correctness can create tension between honestly felt, but consciously denied, feelings towards minorities. Rappoport argues that ethnic humor

A) increases prejudice by releasing this tension in hurtful and destructive ways.
B) increases this tension between what we feel and what we express.
C) decreases prejudice by releasing this tension and detoxifying prejudice by getting it out in the open.
D) makes us laugh because of this tension, but comes at the expense of those who are its targets.