We are living with fundamentally different set of facts about the world and our experience as black people in it. This ad communicates this so clearly to me. Like where does one begin with this garbage... the proppy black people all over the piece, the makeup artist, the music, the fact that our lives are literally…

Your point cannot be understated, i might just say it again, like the most random issue of public policy, that on its face should have zero racial implications, at the root of it, you will find racism. I use to think this was surmountable. Not any more. This country is nuts.

Continuing a long tradition......Charles Stuart, Susan Smith,Carolyn Bryant, lovely.  

We are a fickle bunch. I think back to 2015 when ESPN voted her the Best Female Athlete of all time over Serena....those were the days.

Oh cool, what a great story. When were you there? I was always confused by the Kmao-ing all over the place, cause I was like... have you looked in the mirror. I do miss Cambodia though.

Sure, I was there doing land law working with land owners whose property was being seized by the government so traveled to a lot of small villages, some quite remote and literally people would come out of their houses and stare. The word for “dark” is Kmao, Kmao naa is very dark and on numerous occasions, women,…

Great piece on Lisha and the role of hip-hop is contemporary Cambodian society. I am a very dark skinned black woman who lived in Phnom Penh in 2003, the color issues were so over the top, it was almost comical.

Her jewel tones!!! I was just watching her work during the second debate and was noting the various colors. What a gem! She will be missed.

I totally saw that!!! Like why are people enjoying this.

I saw the trailer for this before Girl on the Train and there were about 9 trailers of all white, heternormative, skinny , good looking people that are all interchangable with other. They all looked so boring. This is not even a race issue, it was a blandness issues. Like are these the only 15 people that can be in…

yes, threatened to cut someone with a broken bottle still doesn’t deserved being spat on by a big white dude.

Azelia has a lot of mental issues clearly however the image of big burly white Russell Crowe spitting on Azelia is awful. Sorry, whether race was explicitly brought up is irrelevant, it is there.

Spitting on someone is assault in many states including New York (and frankly one of the most insulting thing you can do to another human being).

Right. The gele game needs work.

This was a huge mistake on the part of the mayor. The NYPOST can really suck, however the questions the reporter was asking the mayor were completely legitimate, non-sucky questions. Questions about policy, members of his cabinet, and the death of a 6 year old. These questions are fair ones and to refuse to answer…

And Bailey’s Cafe!! Which is a feminist take on many women of the bible that completely blew my mind. Such a great book.

Okay. Sorry I got snarky.

Thank you for articulating that. It might digest better than what I wrote.

I hear you. I really do. But do we really need to know about their subtle attitudes of police culture, there is nothing subtle about their attitudes, living in NYC in the days of Stop and Frisk and watching officers (race is agnostic by the way, black cops can be just as bad) manhandle black men and boys publicly,…

Yes. Thank you. My black vagina is very much the best. So you are right we don’t even share that. So you all can keep your feminism.