October 3, 2010

I Hereby Declare Myself Black

By Clint Fiore
Okay, so I'm not black, but I'm considering switching races.I admit, I was a little jealous when there were so many African-American-only scholarships being handed out to my classmates in high school, but there was never a scholarship for Chubby White Kids Only. I sometimes wonder if, if I had just a tiny bit more skin pigment, I would not have any student loan debt right now. My guess is that if I added skin pigment to my winning combination of high test scores, communication acumen, high grades, and early-developed chest hair, I'd be debt-free!Now, as an adult, I find special business loans, grants, and job opportunities for minorities and women that, again, I have no shot at...or do I?What if I switched? I figure if a man can wake up one day and decide he's tired of urinal cakes and wants to be a woman, have a snip-snip here or there and be legally treated as such for the rest of his life, then switching races surely should be a walk in the...(Read Full Article)