Why is Martin Luther King so bad at laundry?
He won't separate the whites from the colors...
Martin Luther King's Laundry Day
Categories
Explanation
Experiment
This joke plays on the idea that Martin Luther King, a civil rights leader who fought against racial segregation, wouldn't separate white and colored clothes in the laundry. It's a dark joke because it uses a serious historical figure and the legacy of racial issues for a pun.