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I think this is a fantastic satire on the way many whites and blacks interact - especially in the workplace where we're forced to try to find some common ground on which to begin a working relationship (we don't have to bring this type of person home with us). Because this type of racism is intangible and eludes our grasp when we try to name it, many of us (me included) have become resigned to just living with it instead of fighting against it. A website doesn't have to name it but simply show it in all of its sickening glory and hope its point is taken. I think we need to educate white people as to how their actions are perceived. Let's not cloister this type of information and allow ignorance to be an excuse for continuing racism.
The only piece I find problematic is that the site was created by a white guy. I'm bothered (like a previous poster and one of the posters to the website in the "Letters" section) by the fact that the white majority is speaking for us - which reinforces historial patriarchal patterns that we are trying to transgress. Setting that aside as something I'll have to ponder further...
All-in-all, at this stage in my thinking (and I'm liable to be out of this stage 10 minutes from now) I think the website is positive. Hopefully, "they" will "get it" as satire and comprehend its meaning.
Choo-Choo
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Eta Gamma Omega via Eta Lambda F'90
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