two quick things

first, I think this season's Simpsons are the funniest they've been in awhile. Tonight, Ralph smashing an ice cream cone onto his forehead and saying "I'm a unitard!" makes this the fourth episode in a row that's gotten an honest to god out-loud laugh, and that hasn't happened in a very long time.

Second, a discussion point. Is it racist to acknowledge that, generally speaking, there are differences between black people, white people, asian people, hispanic people, etc, as long as you aren't making value judgements about those differences but are simply acknowledging that they exist?