The latest offender? Whiteboards. Yes, whiteboards. Those things hanging in classrooms and meeting rooms around the nation. Those things you stare at while you try to keep your eyes open and your attention focused while also trying not to be too obvious about peeking at your phone. Whiteboards in all their utilitarian, multi-colored-marker glory, do, in fact, perpetuate racism.

“Malarkey!” you say. Not true, I say. We have a study that proves it. And if you can’t trust a study, what can you trust?