“Is it spicy?”
Jesse Singal, New York Magazine’s writer-at-large, challenged Twitter users to come up with the “whitest sentence” they could think of on Thursday, and users jumped on the opportunity.
“This is actually an interesting thought experiment: What is the whitest sentence you can come up with?” Singal wrote, inviting a slew of jokes as well as a few choice quotes from the news and politics.
“”I need the Volvo this weekend to drive Duncan to hockey camp at Middlebury,” suggested one user. “Etsy is the best place to stock up on acro wear for the Playa,” replied another.
But it wasn’t all laughs. Singal took some heat from users who objected to the idea that he was making fun of white people. “My tweet about the whitest possible sentence has brought both a lot of jokes and a lot of angry white people,” he wrote a few hours later. “Which is, well, Twitter.”
This is actually an interesting thought experiment: What is the whitest sentence you can come up with? https://t.co/J5aUpAtOF8
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/cnyexpat/status/857779500385419264
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) April 28, 2017
I have an essay on Get Out running in the next issue of @nymag so I'm 60% sure it's in there.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) April 28, 2017
"Etsy is the best place to stock up on acro wear for the Playa"
— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/TriviumPaolo/status/858010986451787776
https://twitter.com/WiMaAlDa/status/858098776111697920
https://twitter.com/alt_labor/status/858018906325299205
"This is actually an interesting thought experiment." https://t.co/5E5lT7q2aV
— Melissa Gira Grant (@melissagira) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/danielleiat/status/858012415803445248
"I'm letting you off with a warning, please tell your father I say hello."
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) April 28, 2017
My name is John Hodgman.
— John Hodgman (@hodgman) April 28, 2017
How about "I work hard to be a good ally and make sure to check my privilege at all times"
— Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@CathyYoung63) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/AndyMilder/status/858095482412728321
Will I see you at Mar-A-Lago tomorrow?
— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/ER1CH/status/857778074171002880
"Bernie is the future of the Democratic Party"
— Tom Hilton (@TVHilton) April 28, 2017
This one right here:https://t.co/DBFsnUKOwq
— David Byron (@dcbyron) April 28, 2017
Make America Great Again.
— KevDog (@kevdog) April 28, 2017
'Thank goodness the police are here. Everything will be fine now!'
— Laura Schmitt Olabisi (@Lkshumaine) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/EdwardHoffman5/status/857793057793519616
https://twitter.com/JonLawson32/status/858103663968911360
My tweet about the whitest possible sentence has brought both a lot of jokes and a lot of angry white people. Which is, well, Twitter
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) April 28, 2017