A Tip For Aspiring Racists

—By Nick Baumann

| Thu Jul. 30, 2009 8:49 AM PDT

A tip for all the racists out there who want to hold on to their jobs: If you are going to write a really racist email highlighting your deep discomfort with modern American society, don't send it to a journalist.

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