Racism Row at Oxford

Two students at Oxford University were suspended from the Conservative Party after it was revealed that they had asked candidates for an officer position of the Oxford University Conservative Association to name their least favorite minority groups. The candidates were also told to tell the most racist joke they had ever heard.

One candidate related the following riddle: “What do you say when you see a television moving around in the dark?” The punchline was: “Put it down nigger, or I’ll shoot you.”

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