A plane is going down.

A large commercial jet on a transatlantic flight loses an engine and is dropping altitude so fast that they're going to crash unless they can lose some weight.

The pilot instructs the flight crew to inform the passengers that they are going to jettison all the checked luggage. Unfortunately after dumping it all they're still too heavy and the pilot cant pull the plane out of the dive.

Once again the pilot sends the flight attendants to address the passengers, this time with instructions to gather everyones carry-on baggage so they can jettison that as well. People start giving over anything they can think of, shoes, watches, laptops, purses you name it people are handing it over, unfortunately, again, it's just not enough, the plane is still too heavy.

This time the pilot comes to the cabin to address the passengers personally. "I'm sorry folks, but it's just not enough, we're still too heavy, and we're still going down. Im afraid we're only left with one option, some of us are going to have to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good of everyone else. However I dont want to be biased about this in anyway so we're just going to do it in alphabetical order." The captain looks around and sees the passengers nodding and mumbling assent "Very well then, lets get started, would all the African Americans please come up to the front of the plane?" Amid shocked gasps no one stands up "Um, ok, moving on then, would all the black passengers please make your way up front" Again no one moves, the captain visibly confused now scratches his head and continues "Alllll right, could all the coloured people please come on up front"....again, no one stands.

At the back of the plane a small black girl looks up at her mother and tugs on her sleeve "Momma, I thought you said we were african american?" Her mother looks down and smiles "No honey, today we're niggers, and we're going after the mexicans!"