The Name Game

Learning that your first name appears in the Top 20 Whitest Names not once, but five times...

Molly                           Jenna
Amy                             Caitlin
Claire                           Heather
Emily                           Katherine
Katie                           Jenna
Madeline                    Kaitlyn
Katelyn                    Hannah
Emma                          Abigail
Allison                         Kathryn
Kaitlin                       Holly

...And thus removing any doubt you are even slightly diverse.  It's not easy being white.

Ten Little Indians

Realizing the most ethnic friend you have is only 1/16th Cherokee.  It's not easy being white.

Bang-a-Rang

Having bangs, cutting bangs, straightening bangs, attempting to style bangs, and regretting the fact that you got bangs.  It's not easy being white.

American Idol

Having to deal with the day-to-day knowledge that you don't share most of Obama's ethnic background, but you do happen to be the same color as this guy:

It's not easy being white.

Perils of a European Vacation

Attempting to straighten your hair with European voltage.  And worrying that your accommodations might have been the inspiration for the movie Hostel...  It's not easy being white.

Are you Itchy Richie?

Love watching the "news" in New York.  Channel 5 aired a town hall meeting earlier this week of Upper West Side mothers near tears and screaming at their local government, because their children are suffering from mosquito bites from insects NOT carrying West Nile Virus.  According to UNICEF, one child dies every 30 seconds from malaria.  According to an unscientific report entirely composed by my guesstimates, about 0% of those cases occur in pretentious Manhattanites.  It's not easy being white.

It's Not Easy Being White

"A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them."  So many people assume life is so easy for white people - I'm here to tell you the truth.  And Kermit thought his life was hard?  It's not easy being white...