Welcome to Your Future
The Last Great American -ism Is Heading Your Way
by Mary Sojourner
You find yourself sitting at a big conference table in one of those trying-to-be-classy corporate hotel meeting rooms. There is a pad and pen in front of you. 
The company has sent you to a training on stereotyping. You figure it’s a waste. You’ve been through all of that before — doesn’t matter if you’re Anglo, African-American, Asian-American, whatever. You went to college and the racism training was part of the deal.
The room fills. Everybody’s got their laptops open in front of them and a cup of bad hotel coffee. A person walks in and closes the door. The person is dressed in baggy clothing. It wears a featureless mask and gloves. You wonder if this is some Occupy mic-check. (more…)
