Genre: Who knows?
Title: True, False, or Racist?
Estimate publication date: I'll start work on this the minute after this blog is accused of being racially insensitive.
This would be a series of short chapters where I describe an idea or observation and determine if the example is true, false, or racist. Overall, not much to the concept.
One thing I really like about this idea is the way the title explains the premise. And it is possible that I am a leading expert, pioneer, or both in this field. I've simply never heard someone describe comments with these somewhat ridiculous choices before.
One example of the sort of 'concept' I'll explore in this book is a local 'all you can eat' restaurant deal I came across in 2017. The name of the deal was 'Miso Hungry', a play on words involving 'Miso Soup' (a Japanese dish and, if I may say, a rather important one) and the whole 'Confucius Say' line of jokes which trivialize the difficulty some non-native English speakers have with a new language.
I looked up the phrase in preparation for this post and found all sorts of other uses (restaurants, a documentary, a podcast). No doubt, many find this a cute little expression. So, 'Miso Hungry'- true, false, or racist (1)?
The more I consider it, the more I think there might be something to this idea. Perhaps I will test run it with a recurring series on this blog. Let's see how this cookie crumbles, fortunate readers...
Footnotes / a reason to come back again
1. The first edition of true-false-racist, coming soon!
So, uh, so come back soon!
