Erm, do you notice that you didn't include race in any of the reality tv stereotypes you mentioned, even though you're talking about white people in all of them?* That's because white people represent themselves on TV, while people of color represent their race/ethnic group. Which is racist. It's the difference…

You rang? ;-)

Yes! My close friend's brother and father are both Glenns. (They're black.)

I recently turned down a job in my home city (I currently live 2000 miles away) because I wasn't planning on moving back East anytime soon and my boyfriend has a 2-year contract with his current job, which offers more growth and advancement opportunities than my profession (teaching). It did give me the confidence to…