if i had a cent for every monkey there is on planet earth then i 'd have the entire population of africa .
Are you serious with that joke?
It's a play on words. I meant that we are all animals.
Associating black people with monkeys as a joke may not be harmful now, but will be in the future. Your friends may be subtly influenced and think along the same lines hearing things like this. This will affect future generations and cause racism in the future.
I guess. You might have a point.
Just be careful in the future. Implying black people are subhuman has been a way to excuse killing and discrimination of black people for hundreds of years.