The Best Offense

"Joke Leave's Em' Gasping." Apparently some guy made a racial joke at a VIP event. I had to read on just to see how horrible it was.

Here it is: "I have a telegram from the White House....They're going to have to change the name of that building if Obama's elected."

Here are a couple of reactions: "...there's just no way to defend what he said." "I think it was uncalled for and atrocious." And so on.

That little line? It's not funny, but offensive? It's a stupid pun about colors, not based on any racial stereotype. In fact, black political leaders have been making pointed comments (not innocuous like the one above) about the "White" in White House for decades.

It's sad that people are either professionally offended, or, worse, they've internalized so much nonsense that they actually do feel offended.