racism

I know people who use fake names at their workplace. In America, in racist America, this is what you do when your name sounds outlandish. Helen, or Jacob just sound more familiar I guess, and what's in a name anyways. You'll sell yourself for whatever it takes, right?! If other people want to define or create your appearance, than you let them. Just give yourself up. Just brain off.

WTF!

Race and gender are an issue in the democratic race for nomination between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. After 200.000 years or so that we are around on this planet, race and gender are an issue?! Radio host Sam Seders (I like his talk), in a whim, painted this as an ironic situation. As if this were symptomatic of our failiure to stop making inferences based on race or gender.

I think the irony is that we have such expectations. How could gender and race not be an issue? Are we expected to factor out race and gender in our relationships? Are we expected to be indifferent towards these human features?