Lighten Up

The joke is based on the racist trope that black people need to be 'lighter' or less black. It uses the phrase 'lighten up' in a dual context, referring to both being less serious and, more offensively, less black.

• Friend
• Racism
• Racist
• Black
• Comedy
• Race

• What's it called when a Black person makes a joke? A joke, you racist. JK, dark humor.
• Ahaha, I'm laughing because my friend is so black his mama killed the clown.
• I was in the mood for some dark meat, so I called my black friend.
• My friend told me I was so dark that I had no bright ideas.