I think it is often the exception thing.

This is what the virgin/whore dichotomy looks like.

That's awful. I wonder if leaving his body exposed to the elements like that, and mishandling it, could compromise the autopsy.

I know! The silence is deafening.

Oooooh that could be fun.

Agree. Sometimes toddlers will do this specifically to act out, but not because they don't know any better.

I agree. It's a power play. I had a colleague who would ramble on endlessly with mundane stories about her kids. It wasn't even a kids/no kids issue: I would try to interject stories about my own kid, and she would interrupt with more lame anecdotes. Regardless of the subject, this is behavior that self-centered…

It is a toughy. Jennifer Lawrence?

I know. I like Scarlett, but this is absolutely incomprehensible. There is no way that Dolly is within her acting range.

The one instance where it is a police issue and not directly a race issue pertains to the NYPD, who are militarized to protect Wall Street from protesters. In the vast majority of other cases, militarized police exist to suppress poor Black communities.

Good points. Specificity is important. Militarized police certainly also exist to protect the Wall Street financial sector from unrest, which is a problem. However, suppressing poor, Black communities is a huge part of the equation. It is similar to how cops in Brazil treat residents of the favelas.

And since his hands were up and he was unarmed, it seems like it would be impossible to argue that he posed any such threat.

I was wondering this, too. It should be completely on the table that the cop was in the wrong, regardless of whatever other details are "unsettled."

Such a weird line. That's a good way to put it. So many variables come into play: tone, delivery, context/space, body language, etc. etc. etc.

I think that context matters here, as well as approach. Opening with "you're beautiful" strikes me as overly forward, awkward and not particularly inviting the type of conversation that would lead to asking someone out. It is also an inappropriate opener for, say, the grocery store, where some sort of small talk would…

I always dislike it as well, even if the comments are benign or meant to be flattering or playful. The bottom line for me is that it always makes me feel put on the spot, awkward, obliged. I'm expected to interrupt whatever I am doing to respond to the comment and engage with the person on some emotional level. When…

Ironic racism gets a pass in hipster and upper-middle class educated white circles, unfortunately. That's the vibe I'm getting from this absurd, hot mess of a shoot. As someone else said, there is a strong self-aware Zoolander vibe. Which is not to say that it's O.K.

Legitimate question here, although I am hesitant to enter this fray. Is there historical evidence that blackface spread to Asia and/or South America from North American/European whites? I'm genuinely curious, because culture didn't spread as fast in the pre-global mass media days, when blackface originated.

I think about a similar aspect. As in, some (white) people sat around a table, talked, and decided that this theme was a good idea. I wonder what the conversation sounded like? Ugh.

I was legitimately thinking data for tailored ads could be a possibility.