I should have a terrible day simply because of when I was born? The phrase "ok, boomer" has become popular lately. It's a sarcastic response to anyone belonging to the so-called baby boom generation. It's meant to be disrespectful and dismissive. It's a bigoted thing to say to someone. It's just ...
Racism
Uber failed me by refusing to follow Maryland child safety seat law
I had an unpleasant experience Monday while driving for Uber. It involved Maryland's child safety seat law and Uber's refusal to support it. ...
Why does Donald Trump hate brown people?
President Donald Trump spoke last night at a campaign rally in Columbia, Missouri. He warned people about the slow-moving migrant caravan in Mexico. He warned that if they "threw rocks" they would be killed by the U.S. troops he is deploying to the border. You know, the same troops he's deploying to ...
Superman used to be a racist, hateful jerk
In March of 1943, the United States was embroiled in a massive war with Imperial Japan. Perhaps you've heard of it. Instead of using all his various superpowers to quickly bring an end to the war, Superman (government name Clark Kent) used his superpowers to stoke the fires of racial hatred and ...
If America is so racist, why did Roseanne Barr get fired?
I continuously read on Facebook what a racist country America is. Racism in the United States is so bad, we don't even have a black president anymore. Roseanne Barr is a racist? Considering all this, I was a little surprised when I learned ABC canceled the TV show Roseanne over a tweet the show's ...
Allow me to mansplain the fallacy of ‘white male privilege’
For a while now I've heard about something called white male privilege. As a white male who has never felt especially privileged, I never quite understood what the term was trying to refer to. I think I first heard about it when one of my favorite science fiction authors at the time, John ...
