Racist joke in essay????

bjkmom
Sat, 07 Mar 2015 21:43:12 +0000

Here’s the thing:

The vast majority of Adcoms are not 17 or 18 years old. They’re adults.

Look at the comments from the people in this thread with either “mom” or “dad” as part of their user name. What do you notice? Pretty much universal agreement that the joke was, at best, an unwise choice.

If it appeals to your 17 year old sense of humor, marvelous. If your friends laugh themselves silly, wonderful.

But the target age group you were writing for is the same as all of us “mom” or “dad” readers. And, as a group, we feel you made a mistake.

None of us read your essay. We read the thread in an attempt to answer the question you asked. I’m sorry the answer isn’t the one you were hoping for. Getting… let’s call it “annoyed”… with people who answer your question isn’t going to change anything.