Stupid Racists, Dumb Commercials, and General Idiocracy

-While sitting in a salon waiting on my wife to finish getting her hair fixed, I overheard an exchange between the cashier and a customer. The customer wanted to get a tan, and the cashier informed her that they no longer provided that service. In an attempt to be helpful, the cashier told thewoman about a place down the road called "Bronzed Bunz" (Yes, this is a free plug: Bronzed Bunz is located on Louisville Street across the road from Walgreens in Starkville, MS,if you're in town,drop by). The woman replied, "I saw that place, but it looked a litle too ghetto." I know racial code words when I hear them and this was a clear message that this woman did not want to go to a tanning salon that was black oriented. Now let's think about this for a moment. I don't want to say that it never happens, but I cannot recall a time that I have ever seen African Americans go into a tanning bed. And I certainly cannot understand going to a tanning bed in the middle of summer when you live in the Deep South. I kind of reminded me of a story once told by a black comedian whose name I can't remember. He said he was walking down the street in Nebraska, and a white woman in a top-down convertable saw him, reached over,and locked her door. Just goes to show you: racism makes you stupid.