Any normal person would feel discomfort to stereotypical comments especially when asked if they have, "robbed any banks," or if they are fast, "because [they are] black." Because of this I genuinely send my heart out to Shari in the article "Idiotic Questions" as stereotypes tend to inflict wounds tending to race and instead of seeing it as an abnormality in society; students instead decide to cherish it and ask normally repugnant questions. This especially is questionable here in America as racist comments  have plagued this supposedly 'land of the free' since its days of colonization and for it to now be seen as a joke, a fun fib used that means no harm is nothing but a lie meant to secretly demoralize those of races. Afterall, the undeniable truth is that for those who receive such questions or comments tends to lead them to questioning or even rejecting their own racial history. Therefore, I thank you Shari for enlightening not only my own ignorant eyes, but those of my fellow classmates as we remember our history but more importantly, the detriments of stereotypical comments.