126 Things the Media Suggest Are Racist

By Tom Elliott

Contributors: 5

Items: 126

Summary	Date	Source
The Smurfs	06/03/2011	The Telegraph
Thomas the Tank Engine	07/26/2011	Slate
Sandwiches	09/12/2012	Huffpost
Yoga	02/07/2015	Decolonizing Yoga
Sleep	10/27/2015	Atlantic
Having sex with black people	07/31/2016	Everyday Feminism
Hiking	12/07/2016	Sierra Club
Avoiding eye contact	04/24/2017	The Times UK
Cycling	04/27/2017	The Conversation
The NFL draft	04/27/2017	Washington Post
Reaction gifs	08/02/2017	Teen Vogue
The suffragette movement	08/18/2017	Teen Vogue
Soap	10/10/2017	The Conversation
Veganism	10/23/2017	Vice
Western philosophy	10/31/2017	Aeon
Trying not to be racist	12/01/2017	Babe.net
Jingle Bells	12/22/2017	The Guardian
Sexually Transmitted Diseases	05/07/2018	Los Angeles Times
Wives	06/01/2018	The New York Times
Salt	08/29/2018	BuzzFeed
Cows' milk	10/17/2018	The New York Times
Orcs	11/27/2018	The Times U.K.
Earthquakes	01/05/2019	Associated Press
Mary Poppins	02/04/2019	USA Today
Shoes	02/12/2019	The Guardian
Knitting	02/25/2019	Vox
Dr. Seuss	02/26/2019	NPR
Libraries	04/18/2019	The Blaze
Air pollution	06/09/2019	The Guardian
Tipping	07/17/2019	Politico
Breweries	07/26/2019	Boston Globe
Front Lawns	08/09/2019	The New York Times
Robots	08/19/2019	Observer
Enid Blyton	08/29/2019	The Scotsman
Dogs	09/17/2019	Psychology Today
Math	10/08/2019	Seattle Times
Clapping	10/25/2019	The Times U.K.
Anglo-Saxons	11/07/2019	Daily Mail
Being nice	12/19/2019	Race2Dinner
Toy Story 4	01/03/2020	The Hollywood Reporter
Environmental activism	02/06/2020	Vice
Coronavirus	04/08/2020	The Guardian
Finding Asian men attractive	04/09/2020	Independent
Butter	04/16/2020	USA Today
Nurses	04/20/2020	Newshub
Jogging	05/12/2020	The New York Times
Climate change	05/14/2020	Vice
Asking 'How are you?'	06/01/2020	Zora
White people speaking	06/03/2020	Washington Post
Dieting	06/04/2020	Scientific American
Science	06/05/2020	University of Sussex
Country music	06/05/2020	Rolling Stone
White people not speaking	06/10/2020	The OWP
Biological sex	06/10/2020	Independent
The white cliffs of Dover	06/11/2020	Kent Online
Mahatma Ghandi	06/12/2020	BBC
The 'Oscars'	06/12/2020	NY Post
'Fawlty Towers'	06/12/2020	Bloomberg
Band-Aids	06/16/2020	Dezeen
Breakfast cereal	06/16/2020	BBC
Syrup	06/17/2020	NBC News
Rice	06/18/2020	News Break
Toothpaste	06/19/2020	Campaign
Ice cream snacks	06/19/2020	NY Post
Botany	06/19/2020	The Conversation
The Masters golf tournament	06/22/2020	Deadspin
Statues of Jesus Christ	06/22/2020	FOX News
Chess	06/24/2020	The Jerusalem Post
Freeways	06/24/2020	Los Angeles Times
White actors voicing cartoon characters	06/26/2020	Variety
Abolishing slavery	06/26/2020	News Break
Skin care products	06/27/2020	The Guardian
The 'Golden Girls'	06/29/2020	The Hill
The countryside	06/29/2020	The Sun UK
Rock music	06/30/2020	The Telegraph
Charles Dickens	06/30/2020	inews UK
Women	07/01/2020	Teen Vogue
Not having sex with black people	07/01/2020	Alexander Leon
The medal for the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George	07/02/2020	News Break
Major League Baseball MVP award	07/02/2020	Forbes
Mermaids	07/03/2020	The Guardian
Wine	07/03/2020	The Guardian
Morris dancing	07/03/2020	The Telegraph
The 'master' bedroom	07/07/2020	Yahoo!
Traffic signals	07/07/2020	Medium
Horse racing	07/08/2020	Herald Leader
Scrabble	07/08/2020	USA Today
Baseball	07/13/2020	The Washington Post
All white artists	07/14/2020	Reason
Falling asleep	07/14/2020	Campus Reform
Classical music	07/16/2020	Washington Post
College admissions tests	07/16/2020	ESPN
Architecture	07/16/2020	Minnesota Daily
Dead dogs	07/17/2020	BBC
California Surfing Has a Serious Diversity Problem	07/23/2020	SF Weekly
Grammar	07/24/2020	Washington Free Beacon
Animal Monikers	08/03/2020	The College Fix
Makeup	08/03/2020	CBS News
Cosmic objects	08/08/2020	NY Post
Maintaining a healthy physique	08/20/2020	CBS News
Asking why racial inequality exists	10/21/2020	Washington Free Beacon
Not "fullnaming" famous composers	10/24/2020	Slate
Extracurricular activities	10/27/2020	Inside Higher Ed
Beer	10/27/2020	Campus Reform
The term 'American People'	10/27/2020	Campus Reform
Pepsi	10/30/2020	The Daily Californian
Using the term 'legal vote'	11/10/2020	Campus Reform
Boulders	11/23/2020	Washington Free Beacon
Disney Rides	01/25/2021	SF Gate
Meritocracy	02/06/2021	Hot Air
Neckties	02/08/2021	The Guardian
Filibusters	03/18/2021	Axios
Dress Codes	03/25/2021	Fox News
Infrastructure Investments	03/29/2021	The Washington Post
'Captain Underpants'	03/30/2021	Reason
Evergreen trees	04/04/2021	Fox News
Heat	06/29/2021	Sen. Markey
'Exotic' food	07/07/2021	The Washington Post
Resumes	02/21/2022	bloomberg.com
Tipping	03/22/2022	Daily Mail
Nuclear Power	07/19/2022	CounterPunch
Swimming	10/28/2022	Washington Examiner
Monkeypox	11/28/2022	AP
Daylight Savings Time	11/28/2022	Hot Air
Alzheimer's Disease	12/20/2022	Fox News
The Word "Field"	01/11/2023	Fox News