For Mei-Mei's Christmas

She wants this!

My tea bags are racist!

It's been brought to my attention that this is Blog Against Racism month. I wasn't sure what to write about, since it's such a huge subject and in this blog it's Cinco de Mayo all the time. (And that's a reference to the holiday being a celebration of Mexican victory over the French, not to a lot of drinking. If you drew the second conclusion, this column is for you.)

A couple of months ago, a friend offered me a box of Yerba Mate chai because she didn't care for it. Okay, I like yerba mate. I like chai. The product was merely okay, and then one afternoon I happened to read the box. It featured this poem:( Read more... )