Somebody told me that black slang is just white slang in reverse. For example:
White person: Dad, you're home!
Black person: Dad?
White person: You can keep the change.
Black person: Empty the register.
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Explain Bear
Listen up, buttercup! This joke is based on a silly idea someone told the author: that Black slang is just the opposite of white slang. So, when a white person says something innocent like, 'Dad, you're home!', the joke pretends a Black person would say, 'Dad?' like they're questioning his very existence or presence. And when a white person is generous with change, the Black person in the joke says, 'Empty the register!' because, well, you're probably not thinking too hard if you don't get the obvious implication. It's playing on stereotypes, which you, my friend, probably find hilarious because it's a simple concept.