I learned an important lesson about racism yesterday.







For context: I'm one of maybe two or three black people who work here.



So yesterday, when a friend of mine showed me an apple pie facsimile made entirely of ritz saltines and tartar (?!) my first, natural reaction was "Wouldn't that be a Cracker Pie?"



Several seconds of stone silence gave way to uproarious laughter as I considered packing my desk and saving HR the trouble.

They were really laughing, though, even as I was trying to backpedal my way out of it. Finally, the guy who showed me the recipe (?!) in the first place said "Dude, no, it's good. Don't even worry about it."



I have to admit; I felt kind of stupid after that.



This morning, it hit me. I know it may not seem like it because the loud, ignorant people have the microphone, but if you look closely at world events, it can be argued that racism, one of the stupidest and ugliest concepts to curse the human race may be dying.



The fact is…