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The race factor -- again

From an article by Max J. Castro~ Progresso Weekly, August 7, 2008

The comedian Miguel Alvarez Guedes tells a joke about a plane that is running out of gas and going down unless it can dump a certain amount of excess weight. A crew member announces that after all the hand luggage and other unnecessary items have been dropped, there is still too much weight. They must lose a passenger. As it turns out, all of the passengers are white --except one.

The black passenger notices all eyes turning to him. The crew member scolds the whites for their racism and assures the black passenger that the decision will be reached on the basis of a totally fair knowledge-based contest.

"Question 1:  Name a Japanese city attacked with an atom bomb." The crew member points to a white passenger. "Hiroshima," the man answers. "Very good, you are spared.

"Question 2: Name another Japanese city attacked with an atom bomb." He points to a white woman: "Nagasaki," she responds. "You also are saved."

Then, the crew member points to the black passenger: "Tell me the names and addresses of the Japanese who died in those attacks?"

The Chickasaw Plum - Volume V - Number 9 - September 2008

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