004 - "Some of my best friends are black" is a joke in the media, and most white people kind of know not to say it. But why shouldn't we say that if it's (sort of) true? In this episode co-hosts Randy and Mel discuss how sometimes we majority folk fall back on this phrase as a way to:
But sometimes, this phrase is a way to:
3. Shut off conversation because we just "got got" (as Mel explains in this episode)
4. Tell a person of color that we know best
In this episode, Randy and Mel take this phrase, and others like it, apart and get down to the root of why the message is, at best, ingenuine, and at worst downright offensive. It's probably not what you think.
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