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So last week a video went viral featuring the most racist commercial I have ever seen. I mean, over the top racist. Starring a white man dressed in yellow face, the ad references Confucius and uses poor grammar in a…
When public figures are heckled, they either A.) ignore the heckler and let security deal with it (“don’t tase me bro“) or B.) they try to engage the heckler in a polite and respectful way. Last month, when President…
The Washington Post reports that Jack McCain, a Navy pilot and son of Senator John McCain got married over the weekend to Renee Swift, an Air Force reserve captain. I am pouring over the pics from the wedding and I am…
Slate.com has a great article on the recent uproar surrounding Cheerios’ latest effort to encourage people to save their hearts by eating processed food. As Slate reports, “Just Checking,” a cute Cheerios ad featuring a little girl, her white…
I was sitting around with some co-workers, when one of them began to talk about her child’s confirmation. Out of nowhere she turned to me and asked, “What do Jewish people call their confirmations again?” I knew she was referring…
So actress Zoe Saldana says “people of color don’t exist” i.e., she doesn’t see race. . . because she lives in Narnia? My initial response was But that would be immature and isn’t a very intellectual response to what…
