Something of a Scientist Myself

5. What do we call the science of classifying living things? Racism. You know, I'm something of a scientist myself

A worksheet asks what the science of classifying living things is, and a student answers “Racism.” Below, Norman Osborn confidently says, “You know, I'm something of a scientist myself.” The joke is a dark pun confusing taxonomy with racism, used as an absurd reaction to questionable classification or prejudice. EN: A worksheet asks what the science of classifying living things is, and a student answers “Racism.” Below, Norman Osborn confidently says, “You know, I'm something of a scientist myself.” The joke is a dark pun confusing taxonomy with racism, used as an absurd reaction to questionable classification or prejudice.

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