# Jokes that seem prejudiced, but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100 "2013-06-28T09:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/1 "2013-06-28T09:39:30Z")
This one is a little touchy, but I’m hoping y’all can follow me here. There is a certain type of misdirection joke that seems like it’s political or racial, but goes the other way and satirizes the audience’s preconception. I want this thread to just tell these type of jokes. I’ll give two examples for what I’m looking for. The first one has a punch line I’ll put in a spoiler and the second one stands on it’s own. 1)What do you call a black guy flying a plane? A pilot, you racist idiot 2)There is a double standard regarding men and women’s sexuality. If a women sleeps with a bunch of guys she’s called a “slut”, but if a man does it he’s called “gay”. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/2 "2013-06-28T12:06:06Z")
Why can’t Helen Keller drive? Because she’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/3 "2013-06-28T12:42:43Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > Why can’t Helen Keller drive? > > Because she’s dead. I’ve heard it: Because she was a woman. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/4 "2013-06-28T12:55:04Z")
Tim Minchin plays with this in his song [Prejudice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw) \*In our modern free-spoken society There is a word that we still hold taboo A word with a terrible history Of being used to abuse, oppress and subdue Just six seemingly harmless letters Arranged in a way that will form a word With more power than the pieces of metal That are forged to make swords A couple of Gs, an R and an E, an I and an N Just six little letters all jumbled together\* ginger ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/5 "2013-06-28T13:14:44Z")
How do you know when your best friend’s a fag? His dick tastes like shit ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/6 "2013-06-28T16:48:28Z")
There’s the one that got Sarah Silverman in trouble on Late Night with Conan O’Brian in 2001: […]she explained how to get out of jury duty. She said, she got the suggestion, “Why don’t you just write something really inappropriate, like ‘I hate Chinks?’” She responded that she didn’t want people to think way about her, thus she said, "So I just filled out the form, and I wrote, ‘I love Chinks.’ And who doesn’t? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/7 "2013-06-28T17:58:15Z")
There are a lot of jokes filed under racist jokes, that are actually more like black humor(wah wah) in the face of racism. Something like how far can a black driver get on 5 gallons of gas going 25mph? Not far before being pulled over and arrested on a technicality. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/8 "2013-06-28T20:42:00Z")
What do you call a Native American with a medical degree? A doctor! Why did the black man buy three boxes of condoms? Because they were on sale and he practices safe sex. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/9 "2013-06-28T22:27:12Z")
Why is Bob’s girlfriend such a bitch? Because Bob’s a Golden Retriever ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/10 "2013-06-28T22:29:55Z")
The owner of a Chinese restaurant went out drinking until 5am. He returned home all drunk to an angry wife. _“He baby, don’t be mad. What do you say to some 69?”_ To which his wife yelled _"You go out drinking all night, come home sloshed_ _and you expect me to cook up some kung pao chicken?_ Neither racist nor dirty. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/11 "2013-06-29T00:27:08Z")
Conan O’Brien added another layer of bait-and-switch prejudice to the “69” joke some years ago, via “Clutch Cargo” versions of Dubya and Jiang Zemin. Paraphrased from memory: [SPOILER]DUBYA: Hey, Jiang, listen to this one. A guy goes to a Chinese hooker and asks for 69. So she gives him kung pao chicken! Heh heh heh… CONAN: Mr. President, come on - that’s uncalled for. JIANG: No, no, Conan, it is very funny! Everyone knows kung pao chicken is 72! 69 is pork fried rice! Hey, you got any more “stupid hooker” jokes?[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/12 "2013-06-29T03:42:33Z")
From Blazing Saddles when Mel Brooks as the Governor takes Bart aside thinking it’s Hedley and cuts himself short: “Can’t you see that man is a ni…” Then he actually takes Hedley aside and repeats himself: “Can’t you see that man is a nit!!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/13 "2013-06-29T09:43:32Z")
A man goes to the drugstore to buy condoms. He notices that they come in 6-packs, 8-packs, and 12-packs. The clerk explains: The 6-pack is for hispanics: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. (Sunday is a day of rest.) The 8-pack is for blacks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and twice a day on Sunday. The 12-pack is for whites: January, February, March, . . . ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/14 "2013-06-29T09:51:03Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > A man goes to the drugstore to buy condoms. He notices that they come in 6-packs, 8-packs, and 12-packs. > > The clerk explains: > The 6-pack is for hispanics: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. (Sunday is a day of rest.) > The 8-pack is for blacks: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and twice a day on Sunday. > The 12-pack is for whites: January, February, March, . . . I don’t think this qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/15 "2013-06-29T10:36:18Z")
A school bus driver became sick of the constant fighting between the white kids and the black kids every day. So he pulled over to the side of the road and made them all get out. “Look,” he told them, “All these arguments are stupid. Why don’t you guys all just imagine you are one color? From now on I want you all to consider yourselves green. Not white, not black just green. Got it.” The kids smiled and nodded enthusiastically. “Right, now get back on the bus. I want the dark green kids at the back and the light green kids at the front.” ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/16 "2013-06-29T10:43:15Z")
There’s a whole series of this called “successful black man” that starts seemingly racist, but ends normally. I beat my wife - at chess last night. I left my wife and kids - a healthy breakfast before going to the gym. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/17 "2013-06-29T11:06:02Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > I don’t think this qualifies. It does if you assume that “white” people can’t be the butt of jokes in a stinging or hurtful way, because they are still on some level the assumed, dominant, neutral, privileged group. So, a joke making fun of a perceived shortcoming of “white” people is as innocuous as one which seems like it will make fun of a “minority,” but actually doesn’t. So, you’re right, not the same, but in some sense equivalent. (I’m not arguing either way here about whether “white” people can or can’t be hurt by jokes about them – that’s a topic for a more serious thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/18 "2013-06-29T11:51:37Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > A man goes to the drugstore to buy condoms. He notices that they come in 6-packs, 8-packs, and 12-packs. […] I agree with alexandra, this doesn’t qualify. Maybe I’m not getting something, but it just looks like an ordinary racist joke to me. Though, yes, it’s refreshing to see whites included among the victims, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/19 "2013-06-29T11:55:29Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > From Blazing Saddles when Mel Brooks as the Governor takes Bart aside thinking it’s Hedley and cuts himself short: “Can’t you see that man is a ni…” > Then he actually takes Hedley aside and repeats himself: “Can’t you see that man is a nit!!” You must have watched the broadcast version. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100/20 "2013-06-29T12:21:25Z")
A Jew, a German and an Asian walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says… What a great, diverse, community this is! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-seem-prejudiced-but-arent/662100.md?page=2)