Humor is definitely subjective lol.

Humor in print is even harder to pull off for damn sure. Gods know I fail plenty.

I think why this one failed is that the structure is just too close to the kind of “jokes” attempted by bigots. Leading off with the part about “when woke went down” is, imo, the section that most makes it read other than as you intended.

Which does answer my question! While I did phrase it aggressively, it was also a genuine question. Thank you for responding with a genuine answer. The way the joke read, I was honestly expecting someone trying to justify a bit of attempted ridicule with the “just a joke bro” kind of thing.

Still don’t think it works as a joke, but that is absolutely subjective. Again, thank you for clarifying.