Over at Biggovernment.com they have an interview with a columnist who writes a column called, "Ask a Mexican." It started out as a joke but seems to have grown into something that might actually make discussing politically incorrect buy culturally important topics possible. The more people understand each other the easier it is to get problems solved through conversation. The barrier too often is fear of offending people. Here in this article there may be a way past the fear using humor to answer silly and or insightful questions.
http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/04/21/ask-a-mexican-already-qa-with-gustavo-arellano/
From the article which introduces the video of the interview:
The column, Arellano told Reuters, started off as a joke. It was supposed to be just a satirical take on xenophobia against Mexicans and it just exploded. The column now appears in about three dozen publications and spawned a 2007 collection (buy it here). The column is remarkable not only for its humor and insight but its willingness to talk frankly about topics that usually stifle even the most-open conversationalists.
http://biggovernment.com/reasontv/2011/04/21/ask-a-mexican-already-qa-with-gustavo-arellano/
From the article which introduces the video of the interview:
The column, Arellano told Reuters, started off as a joke. It was supposed to be just a satirical take on xenophobia against Mexicans and it just exploded. The column now appears in about three dozen publications and spawned a 2007 collection (buy it here). The column is remarkable not only for its humor and insight but its willingness to talk frankly about topics that usually stifle even the most-open conversationalists.
