"Everyone's a little bit racist"

It's Monday! And I barely noticed because I'm on vacation! If it wasn't for the little thingy in the top right hand corner of my computer screen, I swear I would not be able to keep track of the date.

Christmas is coming up quickly! Have you finished your shopping yet? Chances are, the answer to that question is no, in which case you should be out shopping right now. Christmas eve is meant for sitting by the fireplace, not for finding last-minute presents at your local Target. Unless you're not Christian. Then you can do whatever the hell you want. May I recommend not shopping.

Today, while perusing the world wide webs, I stumbled upon an entertaining picture. It shows all of the auto-complete choices Google offers for certain searches. If you look, you'll see something that I have always thought true: people are racist. They might not even be trying to be racist, and yet turn out to be. For instance, they could be saying something kind, such as "British people are always so polite," but they're still backing racial stereotypes. In sociology, we discussed ethnicity and online dating. Apparently, there are two groups of racist people on those sites. The "white supremacists," who look to date other whites, and another group (whose name I can't recall) who like to explore their options in terms of race (the third group is those who don't specify about race). The second group, believe it or not, turns out to be more stereotype-enforcing. They'll have profiles saying things such as "looking for exotic Japanese woman" or "need a black male to add flavor to my life." With these, they are labeling and stereotyping without even meaning to (most of them are probably blond). With that, I shall put forth my haiku:

Stereotyping
Is the "For Dummies" approach
To racist remarks


I mean, they're just so easy to pull out on people. I'd post a few, but I don't wish to offend any parties, although chances are that none of my readers are Asian, since they're too busy studying. As an all-so-true Onion article once stated: "Stereotypes Are A Real Time-Saver." If you're going to be racist, try to come up with something a bit more clever. Insulting me for being frugal or unable to jump is just weak. If you really want to be racist, show your knowledge of history. Say something like "well my ancestors didn't surrender to the French in the 100 years war." Now that's racist. In fact, I take offense at that- so don't go spewing such slanders to my face.

Title comes from the Avenue Q song.