jbshack said..I was in a taxi traveling from Boca Raton in about 1997 and i made a joke about Rodney King asking for his beating..Obviously joking once the taxi driver realised i was poking fun at the anti black movement, he kicked me out of the cab mid trip

Here in the U.S. there is no such thing as humor, whether it's sarcastic or not, that involves race relations. That was in 1997, it's even a more touchy issue now days. It got worse under the Obama administration, most people thought that having a black as president would improve race relations, but it ended up having the opposite effect. Any criticism of his administration,
involving any subject, was met with being called a racist,,,,,,,, unfair? Absolutely, which just made things worse, nobody likes being called a racist, the Obama supporters
way overplayed their racist card.
So, when travelling thru the U.S., it's best to stay away from any racist humor.