Stating the Obvious: We SUCK at Talking About Race

Stating the Obvious: We SUCK at Talking About Race

It was a blessing and a curse to have access to cable this week (although Twitter would have given me a glimpse into the nonsense whether I liked it or not). In the last week, there have been a few shake-ups to the usual routine of filling the airwaves with a day’s worth of partisan maneuvering in Congress and the top three YouTube sensations. That’s right. This week we’re getting down and dirty. It’s time for our strictly situational, truncated, and intellectually shallow dive into conversations on RACE. This is real talk, people. This is what we do in a post-racial society, right?

Ugh.

Sadly, these golden opportunities for insight and profundity have led to so much stupid it has been mind numbing.

Oh man. Where do I begin…

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