Sometimes great public speaking comes in unexpected packages, and here’s a prime example. This video’s “special message,” delivered by Chris Rock on Jimmy Kimmel Live, is one of the funniest and most pointed commentaries on race I’ve ever seen. By cataloging Barack Obama’s “white” habits, Chris Rock manages to skewer how we think about racial Read More
Caucasian
“Don’t Call Me Caucasian!”
Can everyone please stop calling white people “Caucasians”? Here are two good reasons: This word hails from the sorriest, most racist non-science imaginable, and is kin to the sorry, racist, non-scientific terms “Negroid” (which would have been used to describe the beautiful woman pictured at right) and “Mongoloid” (which was used to describe both Asians Read More