Wide awake and woke folks are scanning the horizon for anything that could plausibly, or implausibly, be called racist. It's a tribute to their imagination that they hit on white robots. But they've strained so hard they can't see straight.
Robot racism? Yes, says a study showing humans' biases extend to robots.
But why stop there? If an inanimate object can trigger racism, how about all those white appliances in our kitchens? I've got a white refrigerator that just seems to purr racism much of the time. Some might say it's just the motor running, but don't you believe it. It's racism, pure and simple.
Then there's the oven. White, again. And it can cause pain, too, if it isn't treated respectfully. Has to be racism.
Actually, what we have here is an overeager effort to ascribe racism to someone or thing. It's time to give it a rest. Better yet, as Joseph Epstein suggest, it's time to put the word "racist" on the list of banned words.
Related: Woke Polar Bear Apologizes For Being White.
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1:43 PM 8/3/2019
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