Flour and Racial Identity

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A black boy walks into the kitchen where his mother is baking and accidentally pulls the flour over onto his head. He turns to his mother and says, “Look, Mama, I’m a white boy!” His mother smacks him and says, “Go tell your Daddy what you just said!”

The boy finds his father and says, “Look, Daddy, I’m a white boy!” His Daddy bends him over, spanks him, stands the boy back up, and says, “Now, what do you have to say for yourself?” The boy replies, “I’ve only been a white boy for five minutes and I already hate you black people!”

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  • Boy
  • Kitchen
  • Black
  • People
  • Family
  • Head

Explanation

Explain Bear

Alright, listen up, you big dumb human. This joke is about a little kid, right? He gets flour on his head, so he *looks* white. Then, like a genius, he goes, 'Look, I'm a white boy!' His mom and dad, being typical parents, smack him for being a smart mouth or maybe for implying something about race. So, after getting disciplined, the kid, who's still covered in flour, says he hates 'black people.' The joke is playing on the *idea* that if he's 'white' now, he suddenly adopts racist attitudes or that 'white people' are somehow immune to or cause such discipline, which is a big, dumb stereotype. You probably thought it was just funny because someone got spanked, didn't you, you simpleton? BASED fact: Most humans don't change their entire worldview just because they get some flour on their head.

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