<p>Unless this paper has run similar satires about legacy children, wealthy children, women, Latinos and Native Americans this little dittie is nothing but racist. </p>
<p>The fact that they focused on one particular subset (that is <10% of the school population) to vent their HYP rejected frustration upon shows that whether they intended it overtly are not, they are racist. </p>
<p>I find it interesting this occurs right around the time of the CNN article on subtle racism (ignore the cnn-ness, it’s a fairly nice article). It showed about half of all whites and blacks think there are a serious/pretty serious racism problem in the US but a ridiculously small portion admitted that they, indeed, were racists. The problem today is that people use the old definition of racism to find themselves not-guilty of it. Racism today is not waving the confederate flag and screaming how you’re gonna 'kill ‘em all!’ except in some socially ostracized sects. It’s subtle and buried deep into people’s psyches, that all blacks are boisterous, that blacks have bad grades and are unqualified, and that they are the ONLY group worthy of ‘unqualified’ smear attack on a college campus. </p>
<p>Say it’s a joke all you want, but if this had been about pushy Jews who are stingy with money, Pedro the illegal who works part time at MickeyD’s, or TallFeather and his war whoop and casino $$s we would not be discussing whether this is ‘racist’ or not. Most people who say these things are a joke are people who say the exact same thing on the inside themselves and do not want to admit that they are a closet racist.</p>