'Diet Racism' Is the Soda for the Closet Bigot in Your Life

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Diet Racism: The soda for that special person in your life who keeps on saying borderline-racist stuff but swears they "don't see skin color."


CollegeHumor nails it with this YouTube video that comes in the form of a fictitious beverage ad



The funny spot is timely, too. The since-simmered protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by a white police officer on August 9 forced America to again examine its painful legacy of racism and discrimination


The best humor always gets at bigger truths — many of them uncomfortable to confront head-on — and this video's no exception. Read more...


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