University of Illinois at Chicago English professor Walter Benn Michaels recently published a book called The Trouble With Diversity, in which he argues that America's national dialogue about race should switch to one of class.

Second City addresses the topic of multicultural diversity with a snappy new Outreach and Diversity Division show called "We Shall Overcompensate," opening in Donny's Skybox at 9 PM on October 7.

And, to round things out, from the Onion, the classic Black Executive Prominently Displayed bit. Nothing takes the zing out of tough social issues quite like full-on mockery.