Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Things I Learned Today: What do coconut, banana, and twinkie have in common?

They are racial insults.

If you are a conservative with Latino/Pacific Islander/Filipino heritage, you’re a coconut (brown on the outside, white on the inside).

If you are a conservative with Asian heritage, you’re a Twinkie or banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside).

And if you are a conservative who happens to be black, you are an Oreo (black on the outside, white on the inside

Who Knew? "Oreo" I knew, but not the others. There's a lot to keep up with these days.