I thought he meant that the driver license was made out of black plastic and wondered at the symbolism.

There's no symbolism.  It's just a plain ol racist joke.

well... its more of a "democrat joke" that happens to also be racist. While I abhore political correctness, this goes beyond PC and into the realm of bigotry. That being said, its one of the rare few that are actually amusing.

What's wrong with racist jokes? Depending on how the racism is applied they can be used to point out problems with society. This one does. I don't find it the least bit offensive, and I am one of the targets. (Don't worry, I am not a Democrat!)

I think you're being too generous about how funny the joke is and how well it works.

I'm not offended, just surprised KFC would find this worthy of sharing.  It's not high brow racism or anything.  Run of the mill. I don't take the racism in the joke as "tongue-in-cheek".  It seems pretty straight-forward to me.

It wasn't put here to show any racism on my part.  Like I said, my dearest friend here is black.   I actually posted this on purpose to see what jumped out at people.  TW you proved my point actually which is you can poke fun at almost anything....baldness, druggies, down and outers, slum dwellers, even the disabled (if done right) but don't go near saying anything about blacks.  That will get picked right up........even tho Jews and Mexicans were also part of this joke. 

I think it very interesting that while Don Imus made a racist derogatory remark about the blacks, he got fired but when David Letterman made just as offensive remark about Sarah Palin's daughter he wasn't.  This goes on quite a bit.  Miss Calif got fired for making a simple statement about marriage.   Perez Hilton calling her some very vulgar names got hero status. 

Interesting.  Don't you think? 

What if I had put Christian instead of black?  Would that have been better?    As a Christian, it wouldn't really have bothered me because I know the whole thing is a slam against Democrats....not blacks or anybody else here......as in I'd rather be black than a Democrat.  I'd rather be a Christian than a Democrat, etc. 

If anyone ought to cry out against this joke....it's the Democrats.  Are you one TW?   

just to show that I do have a sense of humor.....as I was waiting for that last response to post (took a long time) I looked up at the left hand corner of the screen. 

It says......."Kicken For Christ-What a Nightmare! 

I didn't say anything about blacks.

I also didn't call you racist.  I think the joke is a)  not spectacularly funny and   filled with bigotry.  It's not something I suspect Christ would tell. Or do you think he would?

Being Christian is a choice.  Ethnicity or race is not.  Of course, the race thing wasn't the only tasteless aspect.

The joke just seems crass coming from you.

Yes, I'm a Jewish disabled gay drug-addled Democrat.

I always thought his famous statement "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." was uttered in that spirit. Jesus was just a lot more subtle and intelligent than KFC (no offence). But he certainly used the mechanism of comparing nominally bad things to prove a point.

Let me explain this to you:

The joke equates these things with being horrible and undesirable:

-  Being black

-  Being gay

-  Being disabled

-  Being Jewish

-  Being in a relationship with a Mexican (or maybe it's just the fact that it's a mixed race relationship?)

In fact, those attributes are on par with having a fatal disease, being a drug addict. or being abandoned by your family.

And FTR, having a black friend doesn't make you immune from saying racist things or being a racist person.  I don't know why so many people think that.

No.

The joke equates all these things with being better than being a Democrat.

Incidentally, these things ARE undesirable if you want to get a job in certain societies, including perhaps certain locations in the US. There are many places where I don't tell people that I am one of the above.

No.

They equate those things as being as bad as having a fatal disease or being a drug addict.  The Democrat thing is supposed to make it funny, but at the heart of it, the joke is listing those attributes as being the worst possible. 

Like I said, I think you are being too generous.

Fur the purpose of getting a job, they might be.

Alas, I think the joke tells us that there are things worse than those.

"there are things worse than those"  -- is pretty much what I'm getting at.  The idea that these are negative, wouldn't wish it on myself attributes. 

Heh, I recall the OT punishment for making fun of the bald.