The fuck up that resulted in her racial identity being different from what her parents wanted.

Yeah, I read that too and immediately hated her. "Its a great place, except its racist. Oh well who cares, I'm white."

She's not. She's suing for emotional distress. Not malpractice, not money to move, but because she's SAD SHE HAS A BLACK BABY. That's why it's bullshit.

So raising a child with two moms in America isn't her problem but raising a half black child is? I think I know why they are still in that town.

Forget it, she's a racist from a family of racists. The kid needs to be taken into protective custody.

It sucks that Payton will eventually realize that her racial identity was/is a source of distress to her parents. Hopefully they find a way to explain that to her before she finds out on her own. Imagine Googling your parents names when you're 10 (or whenever) and discovering that your mother considers your birth…

I think this says alot about the condition of black people in america, when notiong of having to deal with anti blackness even indirectly traumatizes white people.

If she's suing for the funds it will take to relocate her family and keep them afloat until new jobs are found, I'll allow it. That seems like an expense that is necessary for this child's well-being that would not have been necessary but for the mixup. If she's suing for emotional distress, she can get bent.

"Sorry about that. Here, have some blankets..."

I will never understand the absolute disdain for black people so many assholes have. WHAT. IS. YOUR. FUCKING. PROBLEM.

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Watson and Holmes isn't simply "Sherlock Holmes as a Black man." The concept is an African-American reinterpretation of the Holmes mythos but set in modern Harlem, NYC. Sherlock isn't the main guy, it's Watson, who in this version is a former Iraq/Afghanistan war veteran paratrooper who now works in a hospital in the…

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

Here's a nice list of high quality graphic novels from African-American creators:

I understand what you're trying to say, but you have to know that a lot of GREAT books get overlooked for reasons that have nothing to do with their quality. Also, the Sherlock book you're referring to is respected and was nominated for an Eisner, so there's very little eye rolling happening among critics, industry…

People defend it because it's an artist's freedom to make the kind of stories they like, the kind of characters they connect with most. People like you want to see more stories that you can reflect with? Then support them, there are tonnes out there, they simply aren't popular. Complaining that more popular artists…

Per @JayGlazer, refs say Colin Kaepernick dropped the N-word on the field last week. Kaepernick denying it, saying he found it there.

Yeah, sure: it's called Not to Scale. I'm going to see about getting the blog launched tomorrow, actually.

it really depends on who is writing her story. I think X 23 can be one of the most interesting characters in the Xmen if written right.