Monday, March 23, 2009

Sort of a Librarian's Reference Question of the Year

or at least its the reference question of the year so far. its rather early in the year, but i doubt it will get any worse than this. here it goes....

"When did racism end?"

are you serious? what country have you lived in for the past....for your entire life? i can't imagine that someone actually believes that racism ended. the only logic i can pull from this is that the customer didn't know the definition of racism. maybe she meant the civil rights movement or apartheid or suffrage. or, maybe she's just a dumdy nut.