She couldn't fathom that we monolithic oafs of prejudice don't use race as a screening tool. The sensitive sleuths of the media, trainers and other profiteers from the racial divide toss labels and data about so easily that they have tied everything from cancer rates to debt defaults to racial inequality. I would not be taken aback if Frank Rich wrote a column linking Halley's Comet's infrequency to prejudice inherent in the solar system. I am weary of the accusations of prejudice and the media fixation with race. Blacks buy fewer brand-name paper towels and less diet soda.
Blacks buy Philadelphia brand cream cheese and whites buy the store brand.
Both buy Star-Kist tuna and Campbell's soup. Whites prefer Prego spaghetti sauce and Blacks prefer Ragu. Whites use Mennen stick deodorant and Blacks prefer Degree. They want higher pay and recognition for their work in the form of promotions. There is a common thread in these racial revelations- an alternative explanation.