The Globetrotters' humor included elements of racial stereotyping. First, a black Globetrotter got the purse of a white woman in the audience. During this round of fun, at one point a group of Globetrotters huddled around the purse as though they were a gang of urban punks that had just snatched it and were preparing to rip through the contents. A bit later, when the official was trying to get the Globetrotter with the purse to return it, he asked what the owner looked like. The player whispered something to the official, and the official responded, "Well, what did the white woman look like?" The response was something like "I don't know, all white people look the same." There were other examples of racially stereotypical humor in the show. Generally it worked well and was funny.
What I find exceptionally irritating is people who are so thin-skinned as to become offended by this sort of thing, as seems to happen all too often in politically correct circles. Nowadays, because I am white, were I to make a joke like that at work I could find myself in deep doodoo for creating a "hostile work environment." Were the Globetrotters composed predominantly of white men and all black people looked alike, things would be different. I would imagine a shocked hush falling over the crowd and comments of outrage all over the media the next day.
So what is the problem? Not the Globetrotters. More power to the Globetrotters. It's not black, white, brown, yellow, red or green skin that is the problem. At risk of sounding guilty myself, the problem is thin skin of any color. If people were not so thin-skinned the world would be a better place.