(WSJ.com) — What do you get when you cross a corny old joke with a network news report? Something like this:
A black guy walks into a tea party, and a white lady says to him, “You know, we don’t get many African-Americans in here.” The black guy replies, “And at these prices, it’s no wonder!”
The joke, at least as we originally heard it, involves a kangaroo and a bartender. The news report, brought to our attention by the fellows at NewsBusters.org, involved NBC reporter Kelly O’Donnell and tea-party activist Darryl Postell. O’Donnell approached Postell at a Washington rally, and hilarity ensued:
O’Donnell: There aren’t a lot of African-American men at these events.
Postell: [laughs] Right.
O’Donnell: Have you ever felt uncomfortable?
Postell: No, no, these are my people, Americans.
