There may be statutory penalties for false advertising—there are in many states.

But then nerdy black girls aren’t blaming nerdy black guys not liking them for why they don’t date black people, period. That is the point. Everyone was probably hurt by someone who they liked that wasn’t reciprocated. Even the popular kids never necessarily got everyone they wanted b/c there is still another popular…

What is more bizarre is that white dudes who the white girls weren’t checking for in high school bc they were nerds don’t decide to forego white girls and date black women as adults. So miss me with this rationalization. They probably wanted the white girls then and still want them now.

Not only do they not listen but they also insist on complaining which leads to the needless repetition.

It constantly needs repeating because white people don’t listen.

I think this could potentially be an “intention infliction of emotional distress”. And I am sure that you could definitely get an expert to quantify the impact that being subjected to such a detention—especially when the reaction is so extreme as here—has on a black person given the fear of escalation etc. It is…

I usually love and totally agree with what you say Michael, but I can’t this time. While you don’t have to pretend to actually hate the art that you once enjoyed, still participating in it puts dollars in the pockets of someone. You have to either suck it up and say “Yeah R. Kelly is an atrocious person who has taken…

Curious to know what made you all decide to draft and post this now? I feel like this has already been said multiple times by multiple authors—in posts and in comments—and by commenters ad naseum. And it shouldn’t even need to be said in the first place, but okay here we are. Why devote a whole piece to this at this…

I personally think it’s foolish to conflate dating people of various races to NOT being an advocate for the black community. It feels like an insecurity MOSTLY perpetuated by black women (this is completely anecdotal).

You went way to the left with this. It is not about being more or less “black.” BUT, if your concern is the concept of gradations to blackness, then you should take equal aim at the concept of “unimpeachable blackness” or “unapologetically black” or anything else that recognizes that some people are more or less…

I have been in conversations about this same thing (as a listener) when that same argument has been made about all of those people. It is not the dominant critique—just like this will not be the dominant critique about Glover—but I definitely hear it and understand it.

After having seen this, I was so angry at Black Panther, and further reminded of why #Killmonger was right.

Just stop. It is not as though dark-skinned people are the only ones who are shot by police. It is not like there is a sliding scale of fear directly proportional to someone’s “darkness”.

I am fully able bodied and have embraced the snuggie! It is perfect-ish for work. I wish it had a button or something in the back so that it wouldn’t fall down off my shoulders while typing. Snuggies for everyone!!

And further, what exactly are you holding on to with Cosby? Your childhood? The good memories? They’re tainted. If he sexually assaulted your mother, would you care that you watched The Cosby Show every week? Of course you wouldn’t. Or your sister or auntie or whoever. Of course not. You’d want him to be put in jail.

By cloning and controlling the world’s richest, most influential people, as well as the its most prominent journalists, Delos can ensure that nothing, not the investors or the press, can harm the company’s interests.

I mean, unless other jurisdictions also allow folks in Sushi restaurants, delis, and ice cream parlors to withhold their goods from a pregnant woman, then yeah the NYC law makes sense.

Right. I hope this is long-game sarcasm happening here.

But even to say he seemed “honest”? Like, WTF? Even if she was lucky enough to have entered into a coma in Jan 2017, I cannot comprehend how her take-away from Trump was his “honesty” in a way that is divorced from his blatant racism. What else was he being “honest” about?!?

Well, if our entire population didn’t insist on not completely dying out, then maybe we could finally see some racial progress. Just selfish.