So National geographic made a video on monkeys yesterday. I didn't know they worked on plantations!
Are you saying black people are monkeys?
If you are black, I'm sorry.
It isn't about whether I am black or not. It's that it's wrong to call black people monkeys. It's racist to say that a person is an animal.
So what if I am making a joke. Don't be so thin-skinned.
Referring to a race of people as belonging to what you perceive as a lower species is hurtful and ignorant. Making jokes about it even if you don't believe it can hurt them and encourage people who do believe it.