I'm so glad you mentioned this fact. Overall, the domestic crime rate in the NFL is lower than the national average, which is something that sometimes gets lost in these discussions. The problem is that the NFL has turned a blind eye to or minimized the cases that *do* exist until Ray Rice was caught abusing his…

I hadn't seen the 538 stats until just now. My comment was talking about the stats some guy brought to a DS comment thread, that immediately fell apart under basic scrutiny. It does look like the DV rates in the NFL are lower than the national average in that chart, but I'd worry about underreporting being an even…

crime is low but domestic violence is super high according to fivethirtyeight http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-ra…

Actually, the only person I saw in the comments trying to prove that NFL DV rates were below the national average was 1) assuming a brand new roster for every team every year, thus greatly falsely inflating the number of players, and 2) comparing to men and women rather than just men and all ages rather than the…

I've only gotten 3 purple engrams in 15 hours played or so. I got one legendary out of it. And I couldn't even use it because it was a helmet for the warlock class.

That's the whitest resume I've ever seen.

"We had two bags of gysahl greens, seventy-five pieces of phoenix down, five hi-powered elixirs, a saltshaker half-full of smelling salts, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored hypers, tranquilizers, eye drops, echo screens... Also, a quart of remedy, a quart of holy water, a case of potions, a pint of raw ether, and…

Okay, look, I know this isn't the point AT ALL, but... it wasn't even 4:30 pm, you were already at 28% battery, and it doesn't look like you were plugged in and charging. How do you function without having a constant panic attack?! Were you near an outlet or charger and able to plug in whenever? Were you on your way…

So the racist guy lives up to every part of the stereotype, from demanding which "kinds" of guys she likes through filthy language and a stop at Station Free Speech. I'd swear it was some kind of performance art if I wasn't depressingly positive that this is a real person who thinks this is some kind of debate in…

I've started to notice the people that say "Don't tell me how to raise my kids!" are the exact people that need to be told how to raise their kids.

Can I tell it to you from the opposite perspective? When I was online dating, I was contacted many, many times by white men who said they "usually don't find [my] race attractive." (That is my face in my avatar.) They never imagined a black woman could look like me. Many black women look like me (see: my family).…

This is not about having sexual preferences, but if you enjoy arguing with that strawman, I'm not going to stop you. This is specifically about excluding people from your dating pool based on race.

Listen, you're waaaay too hung up on not wanting to label yourself as racist.

Jesus. Where the fuck do you think those prejudices come from? They're shaped by that very power dynamic you're talking about. And they perpetuate and reinforce it. (Hint: assumptions of broad racial difference on this kind of level bolsters the idea that race is a natural division, instead of the social construct…

>>>>"Are they also considered racist? I'd use the term fetishist long before the word racist."

I apologize that Kinja is not designed such that your disapproval of my comment and opinion do not affect the position of this thread on the page. I hope that my acknowledgment of and respect for your disapproval may serve as some amelioration.

The historical context is racism and colorism.

"Some white men will only date people of asian decent. Are they also considered racist?"

It is impossible to live in America in 2014 and not have some sort of subconscious racial bias. Even if you know you have a bias, and that it's wrong to have a bias, it can be really hard to erase completely. We're all inundated with these cultural messages from childhood, some of that shit is going to stick no matter…