Yo, Is This Racist?

Yo, Is This Racist? (also stylized as Yo! Is This Racist?) is a blog and associated podcast run by Andrew Ti, addressing reader- and listener-supplied questions as to whether given phenomena are examples of racism. Ti, a writer for Comedy Central,[1] launched the site in November 2011[2] as the result of a conversation with a coworker about whether Yosemite Sam's oath "cotton-picking" is racist;[3] within 24 hours, it had nearly 2000 followers.[4]

Yo, Is This Racist?
Presentation
StarringAndrew Ti and Tawny Newsome
LanguageEnglish
Publication
Websitehttps://suboptimalpods.com/

The blog was hosted on Tumblr,[5] and the podcast was hosted on Earwolf;[2] as of 2018, the podcast is co-presented by Tawny Newsome.[6]

The New York Times has called the blog "funny and profane",[7] while MTV describes it as "edutaining"[8] and the Huffington Post compares Ti to "Dear Abby for racists".[1] Complex has ranked it the 4th-best Tumblr blog "of all time".[9]

Vox has listed the podcast as one that people "should be listening to,"[10] while the journal Humanity & Society considers it a "prime example of 'racial discourse,'" "astute," and a "humorous and potentially disarming critique of color-blind ideology and articulation of systemic racism," but criticizes it for its occasional "epistemological uncertainty," and for Ti's "generally nonconfrontational approach with guests" which can result in "somewhat awkward moments of misunderstanding or equivocation."[11]

References
  1. ‘Yo, Is This Racist?’ Says What We’re All Thinking About Racism, by Kathleen Miles, in the Huffington Post; published December 18, 2013; retrieved January 31, 2017
  2. “Yo, Is This Racist?” Andrew Ti sounds off, by Patrick Caldwell, at the Daily Dot; published November 12, 2012; retrieved January 31, 2017
  3. 'Yo, Is This Racist?' Andrew Ti's Tumblr Has Your (Hilarious) Answer, by Channing Kennedy, at ColorLines; published January 2, 2012; retrieved January 31, 2017
  4. Yo is this racist? The answer's probably yes, by Lauren Rae Orsini, at the Daily Dot; published November 4, 2011; retrieved January 31, 2017
  5. If You Have To Ask If It's Racist, It Probably Is, by Celeste Headlee, on Tell Me More, at National Public Radio; published July 25, 2013; retrieved January 31, 2017
  6. In 2020, the podcast ventured out on its own platform, Sub-Optimal.Podmass: Can robots compose entire albums? Switched On Pop examines the evidence (entry #7), by Dennis DiClaudio, at The A.V. Club; published May 14, 2018; retrieved August 13, 2018
  7. On ageism and ‘Eastwooding’, by Paula Span, in the New York Times; published September 4, 2012; retrieved January 31, 2017
  8. This Year In ‘North Mollywood’: The weekly altered-reality pop-culture recap that you didn’t know you needed, at MTV; published December 13, 2016; retrieved January 31, 2017
  9. 4: Yo, Is This Racist? The 100 Best Tumblrs Of All Time, at Complex; published March 6, 2012; retrieved June 29, 2017
  10. 26 podcasts you should be listening to, by Libby Nelson, at Vox; published March 29, 2015; retrieved January 31, 2017
  11. Podcast Review: Yo, Is This Racist? Racial Discourse and Comedic Articulations of Systemic Racism., reviewed by Michael Rosino, in Humanity & Society, 2014, vol. 38 (4) 480-482; at Sage Publications; retrieved January 31, 2017; doi:10.1177/0160597614554060
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