<<I loved it Ken, please carry on :-)>>
Now don't encourage him. Ken should know better. As a white (I presume, but do not care either way) middleclass (probably) American (certainly), he knows he is never allowed to jest in any ethnic, religous, or national manner. If he is black, he can at least go on TV and make jokes about all the stupid white people in his country even though making fun of other nationalities would still be off-limits. Unless he makes fun of the Arab world, of course. That is perfectly acceptable unless you're from Denmark. Oh, and Mexicans. No one has complained over here yet about making fun of Mexicans . . . except for the Taco-Bell dog. I seem to remember an incident involving that.
The best race to be, in America, is Latino. As a Latino, one can make fun of other Latinos, Blacks, Whites, Afro-Americans, Euro-Americans, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Mormons, and anyone else, and everyone will laugh their arse off. Watch Carlos Mencia, a hilarious comedian, if you don't believe me. One can poke fun of UK'ers and Europeans, too, so long as they're not listening. Anyone from the former USSR is strictly off-limits, though, as we have no chance in hades of showing them which country is theirs on a map. Pfft, Ignorant Americans. We should know where Bulyakiczevikistan is.
Being Black in America isn't too bad. You get your own Comedy Channel, your own Miss USA pageant, and Jesse Jackson won't hate you.
One last note. If you take the novel "The Fellowship of the Ring" and replace every instance of the word "Ring" with "Honky", it will totally make no sense whatsoever so please do not do it.
-Russ the Redneck Hick-a-Honky from South Carolina
ps- How does every ethnic joke start? With a look over your shoulder!