Airplane

For some reason, an airplane started to lose speed and go downward. Thinking that there was perhaps too much cargo on board, the pilot came over the intercom and announced: "Ladies and gentleman, as you perhaps have already noticed, we're having a little problem. We're losing speed and the plane is going downward. I am hoping that getting rid of the luggage will correct the problem. I apologize for the inconvenience."

Luggage soon started flying out of the cargo bay.

However, despite dumping the luggage, the plane still continued to decrease speed and to rapidly go downward. Again, the pilot came over the intercom saying: "I am sorry to say that dumping the luggage did not correct the problem. And I really hate to do this but now we have to dump passengers, too. So in alphabetical order. . .beginning with the letter A! Africans, any Africans? African-Americans?"

No answer.

"B! Blacks, any black people?"

Again, no answer.

"C! 'Colored, any colored people?"

Still complete silence.

Finally, a little boy in the back turned to his mother and said: "Mama, ain't we African-American? Ain't we Black? Ain't we Colored?"

The mother turned to her son and whispered but somewhat audibly to be heard by others nearby: "Yes, honey-chil', but today we's Niggas. an' Mexicans go fuhst!"

Next to them sat a little Mexican kid and his mother. The little black boy stared at the little Mexican kid and his mother. The Mexican mother and her kid looked back, and the mother hissed: "Why you look at us for? Today, we are Wetbacks!"

-Author Unknown-