Old one?

A twin-engine passenger plane has an engine failure and the altitude and
speed are decreasing rapidly.

The pilot speaks over the intercom ..... "I'm sorry it has come to this
ladies and gentlemen, but unfortunately we are going to have to jettison
the luggage in order for the aircraft to remain airborne ".

Baggage is thrown out but still the plane's altitude continues to
decrease.



Once again the pilot gets on the intercom, "I hate to do this folks but in
order to save the majority we are going to have to start off-loading some
passengers."



"The only fair way is to do this alphabetically ….. so we'll start with the
letter A".

"Africans? Are there any Africans on board?"



There was no answer so the pilot calls, "Black people? Are there any
black people on board?"


Again silence.

"C - coloured people? Are there any coloured people on board?"

Still there is silence.

In the meantime:



A little black boy sitting near the rear of the plane turned to his mother
and said; "Mum, ain't we African? Ain't we black? Ain't we coloured?"

His mother replied;



"Yes son, but for the moment we is Niggers. Let them do the Muslims first.
If that don't work we is Zulus."