Is This the Most Offensively Misguided Diversity Memo You've Ever Seen?

This corporate memo really nails the disconnect between human relations and corporate culture. While whoever wrote this (and it is likely a team of people) probably had the best intentions at heart, their understanding of how to welcome diversity in the workplace is a clumsy and insulting attempt at best and…
American Airlines Worker Leaves Offensive Note On Passengers' Luggage
James Moehle and Angela Huckaby were flying home to Houston when their bag was misplaced. That sucks. I once had to wear a robe for two days because my luggage got lost and I refused to put on a Hawaiian shirt if my life depended on it. (PSA: Wearing a robe for two days is wonderful and I suggest everyone try it.)…
Watch This Super Cool Music Video About How Dudes Love Asian Girls
If you're the kind of person who misses the days of Incubus and Linkin Park but wishes they had been just a little more offensive, here is a new track from your new favorite band Day Above Ground. It's called "Asian Girlz" and it's devoted to praising the aforementioned Asian women whose "sticky rice" the band loves.…
White Girls Club Just "Got Out Of Hand," Says Oblivious Mom of Racist
On March 14th, a number of students came into Franklin High School in Somerset County, New Jersey, wearing a T-shirt that read "White Girls Club celebrates Pi Day.” The club, allegedly started by eight friends and having exponentially grown since (including students from nearby schools) thanks to social media, has…
4 Reasons To Quit Being "Offended"
December is a good time to get rid of the year's accumulated crap, and it's also the season for culling useless words that take up space in the American vocabulary. Today's discard: "offended."
"If You Don’t Use Our Services You Will Be Just As Idiotic As These Black Women”
"No matter which angle you dissect this little thirty second spot from, only one conclusion is possible; the purposeful exposure of the so-called desperate ignorance of Black women." Also, does the ad pit blacks against Eastern Europeans? [Womanist Musings, Racialicious]
