Ask Racialicious: Should I Be Offended by this Joke?

by Latoya Peterson
Earlier this week, I received an email from a new reader:
Hi Latoya,
My name is B and I live in Florida. In fact, the neighborhood where I reside is a very desirable, mostly residential area centrally located near downtown and only a few short minutes to our lovely beaches.
The reason I am writing is [...]

Ask Racialicious: Am I Overreacting to Ignorant Assumptions?

by the Racialicious Team

Our first question comes from reader F:
Yesterday I went to a nail salon with my mother. I’m mixed-race, of mostly Indian descent, and while we there, quite a while after (and it was very quiet in there) an elderly Indian lady came in. There was one other (white) lady in there, and [...]