Oh, hey! Remember that mayor from East Haven, Connecticut, who was so racist this week? Joseph Maturo Jr.? Well, that clip when "viral" (CNN's word) and made what had been a small local news story…   Read Story »

The FBI arrested four police officers in East Haven on charges of violating the rights of the Latino community, whatever that means, although it definitely sounds very serious, especially if the FBI…   Read Story »

Dear University of Montreal Students Who Wore Black Face, No. Nope. No way, guys. While you're cleaning the shoe polish off of your fucking faces, I will explain the situation to those…   Read Story »

The Help has always been problematic (Make-believe courage in the face of fictionalized adversity! White heroes making white people feel better about being white when maybe they shouldn't!) and now…   Read Story »

I was having dinner with some friends last weekend and we were talking about how children's tendency to overshare on the Internet in a way that we old-timers find shocking and unwise is going to…   Read Story »

Are The Smurfs racist and anti-Semitic? I don't know, probably? As someone who as a child used to collect Smurf figurines that he kept in a Crown Royal bag, I'm pretty sure The Smurfs are definitely…   Read Story »

The latest issue of Goop is out today, and, well, uh, this: Spring is springing and it’s the perfect time to start planting herbs and veggies for the summer. I got a great how-to lesson from my…   Read Story »

Yiiiiikes. Also: what? These unmoored political action committee ads are always so confusing. Let's pretend for a second that you see this and you AREN'T bothered by how racist and insane it is. What…   Read Story »

You probably had one set of racial stereotypes about Asian people but K-Town is about to give you A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF RACIAL STEREOTYPES! Ding dong ching chong! Right, you racists?   Read Story »

Look, I'm not a racist, but white people really need to learn some manners. (Thanks for the tip Huckabeast and Werttrew)   Read Story »