The Computer is White

We have begun a new project (yes, another one on culture). Hopefully some day my students will understand how important it is to be from a culture other than the US and speak a language other than English. Until that day, repetition is key :)

The project has two parts:
1. Choose a culture and answer all of these questions about it (language, sports, religion, food, etc.)
2. Now, knowing what a culture is, create your own...

In order to do this we have been working in the computer lab (a much needed break from our classroom). While looking up their various cultures one student said:

I wrote some stuff in Spanish, but the computer says it's spelled wrong.
Me: That's because it only knows English.
Another student: Yeah. Our computers are white.
A third student: Miss, you know that it's hard for people to be racist these days?
Me: Oh yeah?
Third student: Yep, because everyone has colored TV.

These guys...