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Right? Like, this is the first public statement Jesse has ever made that wasn’t full of eloquence. Sounds like he’s not so sure of his words. Hmm. Jesse Williams: from “bae” to “bah”.

There were “three friends” and “10-15 men”.

This so much. In all the pictures I’ve seen of him in the media, I don’t recall seeing him with any person of color. I suspect he was very much the “cool Black guy in the crew.” That “I have black friends” friend.

I agree with you, and I see that you’re passionate about this but when you quoted me you left out my qualifying sentence: “White people simply are not working in any substantial way to dismantle black oppression.” This is true. This is the only snippet of his diatribe that I wholly agree with.

There is a really good documentary about The Amazing Randi called “An Honest Liar”. I highly recommend it!

The fact checking is greatly appreciated and needed. Prior to reading this article, I was not wholly familiar with Umar Johnson, but the video you posted brought me up to speed. Umar is a prime example of a person who needs to realize that they are standing in their own way and in the way of the people they are…

It’s so refreshing to read a story like this. Best of luck to this beautiful new family!

This comment paired with your username is fucking precious.

What would you like to see from BLM at this point? Demonstrations? That would certainly draw attention from CNN News.

You’re absolutely right. I think I was being more rhetorical than anything else, but I appreciate your eloquence. And, as a black woman, I’ve definitely had non-criminal encounters with police officers in which I was greeted with undue hostility. Unfortunately, these such incidents began when I was merely a child…

I, too, would like to know why the rush to judgement placed her at fault immediately before all evidence was gathered.

Aditi literally recognizes this fact in the first sentence and then goes on to pen an entire article about why and how this movie (and others) gets things wrong.

Dear The Root,

Because this doesn’t look blatant or particularly brutal enough, I very much doubt this cop will be found guilty.

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What is the gold or silver test? Pray tell! I’m partial to the way silver looks against my skin more than gold. For instance, I’m about the same complexion as the second woman from the left in the first picture. I think gold would look better on the woman on the far right than it would on the second woman from the…

That’s good to know! I looked it up on the site and they do indeed sell Nubian Skin at Nordstrom...except, none of the lacy stuff or any panties. The t-shirt bras are nice though.

I saw Okja the other day at a theatrical screening. I thought the young lady did a very good job and I really enjoyed her performance. Can’t wait to see what she does next.

Even better :) Thanks!