# Jokes that sound like they are going to be racist, but aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654 "2014-02-18T21:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/1 "2014-02-18T21:06:49Z")
I’ve come across two of these in the wild: 1. How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Look for the fresh prints. 1. What do you call a black guy flying a plane? A pilot, you racist bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/2 "2014-02-18T21:20:05Z")
How many Mexicans does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to change the bulb and the other to hold the ladder so that it doesn’t fall. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/3 "2014-02-18T21:27:36Z")
There’s a whole [knowyourmeme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/successful-black-man) page on this theme. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/4 "2014-02-18T21:31:09Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > How many Mexicans does it take to change a light bulb? > > Two. One to change the bulb and the other to hold the ladder so that it doesn’t fall. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/5 "2014-02-18T21:46:31Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > There’s a whole [knowyourmeme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/successful-black-man) page on this theme. Nice one. I was even aware of that one, but didn’t make the connection. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/6 "2014-02-18T21:50:55Z")
What do you call a black president? … Mr. President, you racist. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/7 "2014-02-18T22:28:45Z")
A fairly old English soccer one: Q: What do you call a black man with ten donkeys? A: Tony Yeboah. (Explanation: Tony Yeboah was a black South African striker who made a sensational start in a very average Leeds United team. The word “donkey” is often applied to less skillful players) ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/8 "2014-02-18T22:30:10Z")
There’s the [Wheel of Fortune](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbQ4CG1T_1c) scene on **South Park** (NSFW). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/9 "2014-02-18T22:45:40Z")
You know who really loves fried chicken? Black people Do you know who else? Everyone ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/10 "2014-02-20T19:24:46Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > A fairly old English soccer one: > > Q: What do you call a black man with ten donkeys? > > A: Tony Yeboah. > > (Explanation: > Tony Yeboah was a black South African striker who made a sensational start in a very average Leeds United team. The word “donkey” is often applied to less skillful players) See the related (but non-race-related) example: Q: What do you call a woman with five tits? A: Lulu. (This, of course, circulated at the time that she appeared as a guest singer on _Relight My Fire_ with Take That.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/11 "2014-02-20T19:40:18Z")
What do you call 70 white men chasing a black man? The PGA Tour. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/12 "2014-02-20T20:26:06Z")
Somewhere online, but I’m pretty sure not here, I’ve told the story of the very funny college friend of mine. (I don’t know if this joke is original to him, but it was the first time I ever heard it, so I give him credit.) He was telling a small group of us that he and his wife were expecting their first child. Everyone started in with the usual congratulatory responses. “Congratulations!” “How exciting!” “That’s great!” and so on. One person asked “Are you hoping for a boy or a girl, or does it matter?” My friend replied “I don’t really care either way, actually. As long as it’s, you know…” and then paused, very briefly, during which time all of us mentally filled in the rest of the standard answer: “…healthy.”) Friend: “…white.” As he and his wife were both white… well, yes, I suppose he rather would prefer that the child borne by his wife to be white as well, for reasons having nothing to do with racism. ---
**Author:** ![Asympotically\_fat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/13 "2014-02-20T20:33:17Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > A fairly old English soccer one: > > Q: What do you call a black man with ten donkeys? > > A: Tony Yeboah. > > (Explanation: > Tony Yeboah was a black South African striker who made a sensational start in a very average Leeds United team. The word “donkey” is often applied to less skillful players) A slight correction: Tony Yeboah is Ghanaian ---
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/14 "2014-02-20T20:34:56Z")
Why did the black man buy 3 boxes of condoms? They were on sale and he practices safe sex. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/15 "2014-02-22T02:37:20Z")
What’s black and white and red all over? ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/16 "2014-02-22T02:46:45Z")
I like my coffee like my women. Bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/17 "2014-02-22T02:51:52Z")
HOMER: If we wanted to see Japanese people, we could have gone to the zoo. MARGE: Homer! HOMER: What? The guy who washes the elephants is Japanese. His name is Takashi. He’s in my book club. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/18 "2014-02-22T03:05:41Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > I like my coffee like my women. … wrapped in a burlap sack slung over the back of a donkey. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/19 "2014-02-22T03:09:36Z")
This doesn’t quite fit the category, but I always liked it. What’s brown and rhymes with Dre? Snoop Dog Then this one goes with it, sort of, but it can be told independly and has nothing to do with this category at all. What’s brown and sticky? a stick ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654/20 "2014-02-22T03:11:41Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > What’s black and white and red all over? A zebra with sunburn? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-sound-like-they-are-going-to-be-racist-but-arent/681654.md?page=2)