Is this considered a racist comment?

[Dsg1193]

I was talking to an online friend once & he was talking about his moms parrot. When I told him that it seems like having a parrot is rare/you don’t hear of a lot of people with them, he says, “it’s like a white family adopting a black kid”. Awkward silence lol…

Yes

No

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

Lol that’s awkward. I think it was just a really shitty joke that involved race for some reason; Saying that white families adopting black kids is rare. But it’s not really “racist” in my opinion, it’s just very questionable as to why the hell he would say it, and why that was the first thing that popped in his head 😂

[Seinna]

I think that was funny... but I'm not sensitive about such things. In fact I prefer if we can casually talk about such things if there are no negative intentions. It's only awkward because you made it so.

[jahaims]

Not racist. He was just comparing it to something else he thought was rare.

[UdontNeedtoknow]

Its just a true statement... and a funny one at that.

[ChefPapiChulo]

what makes it funny?

[UdontNeedtoknow]

@ChefPapiChulo its funny because it's true. Sometimes you have to laugh and accept a hard truth.

[ChefPapiChulo]

still doesn't explain how its funny.

[SamA_nold]

It’s not racist, it’s just dark humor 😋

[Bel88]

I thought it was black humour.

[Anonymous]

It can construed as such, especially by liberals.