A reader passed this YouTube clip on to me by email, under the subject line "Simultaneously hilarious and enraging." I can't improve on that.

Craig Kolins, Dean of Student Instruction at Portland (Oregon) Community College, announces Whiteness History Month.

Leaving aside the babbling incoherence of Dean Kolins' talk, just listen to his voice. Nine of his first 14 sentences—as many as I could bear to listen to—began with "So …" Every clause ends with a Valley Girl rising inflection.

This creature is in charge of educating young people. He earns $130,000 a year.