So this is an actual thing? Like, for real an actual thing people are doing in enough numbers to merit being called a trend? World, WHY is this an actual thing?

No, my dear, you're only allowed to bite them off the tree.

I don't know. I mean, there's The Help, but then there's also The Wide Sargasso Sea, yeah?

That's what I'd figured. What a douchenozzle.

Yep, it is. But people who are invested in defending racist assumptions won't ever see that, will they.

assumptions usually are. doesn't mean they're right.

Some do. I had white students submit essays on MLK, Mandela, and Tubman. So?

How can he tell from a roster of players (which just has their names) how many of them are black or not?

It might also be a slightly racists assumption to make.

But where does it say that the ballplayer is African American?

Wait, how?

Can I come too? I hate mint. Mint is toothpaste. And bad gum. I shall make us kickass tamarind whiskey sours.

You don't need a tv! Hulu hosts the show (that's how we're watching.)—I'm really enjoying it. We designated this the family show for this season in our house and while KidBeast was originally really resistant to a show that had 'no story', now she's completely enamored.

Was logging in to say the same thing—I come from South Asia and it's unheard of among Muslim women there. I first heard of FGM as a teenager in the local newspapers—as a practice in African countries.

Ooh, that's the first thought that went through my mind too!

Oh lord. Maybe you need to learn how to analyze history. These instances when white people in various parts of the world were oppressed—which totally happened, no one's denying it. Did it happen because they were white?

Yes, I'm sure a taco and a Native American headdress have the same cultural weight and context.

Sigh. I guess I am an olds. I didn't know what 'black by injection' meant; I thought it was some sort of cosmetic injection thing, like botox. And I googled.

MARTHA STEWART IS MY MOTHER.

PS: You're right about the Girl Scouts pledge, except they're okay if a troop omits God and just pledges to serve 'my country'. Which makes them awesomer if anything.