John Hodgman (the “PC” from the recent apple ads, and author of Areas of my Expertise) is a regular guest on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In this clip he tackles the increasing difficulty demographers face in tackling ever more complex racial categories by offering up a handy new system of his own. I don’t think colonial (and post-colonial) anthropologists could have done any better.
(Sorry the sound is a bit out of sync, but you take what you can get on YouTube!)
Dude I am so teaching this.
If you want better sound quality you can view the video on the daily show website
Daily Show Hodgman Video they have a pretty detailed catalogue of clips.
For mac users you can use Flip4Mac to save as a QuickTime and easily add to a powerpoint for use in class (if you do not have internet access in class). The net neutrality video is hilarious also, I am using in my digital cultures class.
I know no one reads old comments, but hey I noted this ages ago! My link is a bit out of date but I think you can watch other clips from the same show there. God I’m pedantic.