A passenger plane has engine failure and its altitude and speed are decreasing rapidly.
The pilot speaks over the intercom ...."I'm sorry it has come to this ladies and gentlemen, but unfortunately we are going to have to jettison the luggage in order for the aircraft to remain airborne. Baggage is thrown out but still the plane continues to lose altitude.
Once again the pilot gets on the intercom, "I hate to do this folks but in order to save the majority we are going to have to start off-loading some passengers. The only fair way is to do this alphabetically, so we'll start with the letter 'A'". "Africans? Are there any Africans on board?"
No answer so the pilot calls, "Black people, are there any black people on board?"
Again silence. " Colored people? Are there any colored people on board?" Still silence.
A little black boy sitting near the rear of the plane turns to his mother and says, "Mum, ain't we African? Ain't we black? Ain't we colored?"
She replies, "Yes, son but for the moment we is Niggers. Let them do the M_sl_ms first. If that don’t work we is Zulu’s......"