Working for Free

A manager asked a black employee to work overtime. The employee initially agreed until he was told it would be without pay.

The employee responded with, "You know what happened last time my family worked for free?"

"What happened?" said the manager.

"A civil war."

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Explanation

Explain Bear

Listen up, tiny-brain. The guy is talking about slavery. The joke is that the last time his ancestors were forced to work for nothing, the country literally split in half and fought a war over it. You probably think the Civil War was about postage stamps, don't you?

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