This is why I know that Beyonce was not pregnant with Blue Ivy. There. I said it. I’m a truther.

I guess it was a “more qualified but takes some effort to hire vs less qualified but right at hand”.

But isn’t it very possible they hire someone who is AA just so they can have them cover “the black stories” as a form of tokenism and not really care if they do a good job or not on them?

I wasn’t assuming anything. I was merely asking an “either/or” question. I would hope that it was a call for qualified individuals to be hired.

C’mon. Seriously? You thought her call to hire an African-American writer meant “hire any ol’ body off the street as long as they fail the paper bag test?”

Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.

While I am most definitely a fan of restorative justice and also treating youth like youth and not jumping to unnecessarily punitive measures whose only purpose is to satiate our desire to punish, racism keeps me from being enthusiastic about these sentences. There are myriad black and brown youth who are currently…

I shouldn’t have to see the pain, struggle, and despair of homeless people to and from my way to work every day.

As I said to someone else, to me it shows even more lack of character than he already showed based on his conduct. (I.e. he experiences sorrow only for his own pain, not the pain he inflicted on others, b/c these are clearly tears of “why me....this isn’t fair....whyyyyyyy!!!???” not “yes, this was horrific conduct,…

I am, actually. Seeing him suffer brings me no joy—although recognizing that he is getting punished makes me feel joy for the women who got some semblance of justice, or at least had their experiences vindicated when they likely thought that was impossible. Him showing that he has sympathy only for himself despite…

Because to me it shows even greater lack of character than was already evident by the acts he committed. He clearly has no remorse for what he has done, or can even accept that this was the natural outcome of his conduct. Instead (as others have pointed out), he likely feels that the punishment was unfair and…

Yes—He was one of the others I was specifically thinking of.

By “take some responsibility” I mean that some punishment was inflicted upon them for the acts they have done—not to imply that they were actually doing something of their own volition. I am 100% sure that it demonstrates their ability to feel only when it directly impacts them.

Seeing people who have callously committed horrific acts on other people start to cry when forced to take (some) responsibility for their conduct always makes me hate them even more.

Also, the OP (and those agreeing with him) grossly mischaracterized the original email. All it said was “Maybe think about others before you pick your halloween costume...and here are some things that may be considered offensive.” It didn’t “tell them” what to do or not do. Considering the responses to most racist…

Did you read the initial email she felt compelled to respond to as “telling kids what to do”? All it said was: It’s Halloween, maybe think about the costumes you decide to wear and whether they could be felt as offensive by others in the Yale community, and here are some examples. No one said “this is acceptable, this…

False.

The only time I am jealous is if he is out (with men or women) having fun without me b/c I am too busy working, or too tired from working, to hang out. But that is because I am an awful, spiteful person who firmly believes that misery loves company.

So uppity!

But its okay for them to live with parents who commit all sorts of other awful (and actually punishable) crimes without having this moral dilemma? Why don’t murders and child abusers, etc. have to think about their children’s salvation before they commit their crimes? Why don’t the children of those criminals have to…