A zebra dies and appears before St. Peter at the pearly gates. All my life I've wondered, says the Zebra, if I'm White with black stripes or Black with white stripes. Can you please tell me? St. Peter is baffled. I do not know this, he says, but fear not, for we will ask Jesus and all your questions will be answered. So St. Peter summons Jesus and they both scrutinize the Zebra trying to solve his riddle. Finally, Jesus says, my child Zebra, that question you ask is a difficult one indeed. I do not know if you are White with black stripes or Black with white stripes. But fear not, enlightenment will come to you, for I will now ask my Holy Father, that is, God Himself who knows all, and He will tell us. So Jesus asks God for help, and His voice booms from the clouds above them: ZEBRA! YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE! All three of them are silent for a minute and finally Jesus exclaims: Aha! Zebra, you are White with black stripes! Zebra is not convinced. But why? he asks. Because, replies Jesus, if you were Black then God would have said ""You is what you is"".