#white-person

#white-person

My son is a comedian.When his comedian friends come to my town for gigs, I put them up.Recently, I hosted a Black friend of his I am white and we talked about a famous Black comic.I paraphrased one of the comic's jokes that impressed me: A TV censor allowed the comic to use the N-word but objected to his use of a gay slur.

Working with children isn't easy, and these parents definitely made it harder.Buckle in - here are some of the most shocking parent horror stories we received:

1. "I once nannied for a family with five kids and nine pets.They had six nannies that would take shifts two-at-a-time around the clock so that the parents never had to be with or take care of their own kids.

The last few days I've been haunted by Arrested Development's George Oscar Bluth's ominous line: "I've made a huge mistake."And I'm not the only one who thinks that: "All the blame on this is going back to you," Jim Graziano tells me during an interview on Monday afternoon.On Fat Tuesday, February 21, J.P. Graziano, the beloved sandwich shop that grew out of an Italian grocer along Randolph Street in the West Loop, will sell a Chicago first, combining two foods that inspire a tremendous amount of civic pride: Chicago, meet the giardiniera paczki.

Grunge.Wu-Tang Clan.Radiohead."Wonderwall."The music of the '90s was as exciting as it was diverse.But what does it say about the era-and why does it still matter?60 Songs That Explain the '90s is back for 30 more episodes to try to answer those questions.Join Ringer music writer and '90s survivor Rob Harvilla as he treks through the soundtrack of his youth, one song (and embarrassing anecdote) at a time.