A black man and his son were on a plane.. ......in midair the flight attendant announces that they've lost an engine and have to dump the luggage and anything extra to keep them upright. After a few minutes the pilot comes on the intercom to say that the dumping of luggage didn't work and that they're going to dump passengers. He then adds, 'don't worry, we're going to fly low and there will be life boats below that will pick you up; you'll be fine!' The flight attendant then takes over and says, ""If you all could cooperate, we're going to go alphabetically by race. When I call your race just raise your hand and someone will escort you to the door. So first up is African Americans. All African Americans please raise your hand."" The black boy goes to raise his hand and the father whispers, ""put your hand down."" After a few minutes the flight attendant comes back on and says, ""Okay, next up is blacks. All black people please raise your hand."" Again the boy goes to put his hand up and the father leans over and whispers, ""Put your hand down."" The boy reluctantly puts his hand down. After a few minutes the flight attendant comes on once again and says, ""okay, colored people. All colored people please raise your hands."" Again, the boy goes to raise his hand. The father very slowly leans over and whispers, ""Put. Your. Hand. Down."" The boy looks at his father and says, ""I don't get. We're African Americans; We're black; We're colored, why aren't we raising our hands?"" The father looks at his son and says, ""Because today we're niggers and the mexicans are going first.""