“I think when I had my two children I didn’t have time to mother them — I was more focused on building my practice,” Nakhuda said through tears. “Having Darwin…was like the chance to experience motherhood again…I treated him like my son. It sounds bizarre to some people, but that’s how we treated him.”

I really don't think Rob Ford should be receiving this type of attention. Let us not forget what he did, beyond his pubic drug fueled silly antics.

BAW. White dude tears, they're what's for dinner.

This!!!!!! AS A BLACK WOMAN I AM TERRIFIED I WILL GET KILLED AT THE HANDS OF OTHERS AND NO ONE WILL HELP. SOCIETY SEES BLACK WOMEN AS TRASH. WHEN WE GO MISSING NO ONE CARES. NO ONE HELPED HER BECAUSE OH WELL SHES BLACK AND DOESNT DESERVE HELP. ITS SICKENING. I ONCE BROKE UP A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN A WHITE…

I'm a black woman but I admit I didn't always realize the STARK difference in the way I get treated when I need help versus the way white people get treated. I didn't know people were capable of that much kindness and support but it was dependent on race. I still find surprising ways every day that white people are…

It is so extremely brave of Keisha to publicly state that she is hurt by the fact that no one cared about her. We're not supposed to need anybody, we're strong and independent women who carry the world on our backs. A black woman crying in public is a powerful thing and I honor her for that even as I empathize with…

Oh, fuck that shit. Really? Do you even know what I'm talking about? I'm thinking NO. How about impervious to pain, not being allowed to cry, while being ignored/constantly sexualized/told you're ugly and unfeminine because you're not white/expected to entertain everyone with your "sassiness"/being passed over for…

I'm going to try to be polite about this. Ok, deep breath. I calmly request that you re-read what the OP wrote. She is not "blaming racism" (...sigh) for this particular attack. She is clearly talking about the effect the particular brand of constant racism directed at Black women has on us. As a black woman, I…

People (in general) don't help racial minorities. I know this personally because I'm Mexican-American. In daily life, we're just given less consideration, less courtesy, less leeway, just less everything.

This.

As a black woman, I can't even begin to explain how cultural notions about your disposability and lack of work directly effect your sense of self.

Right, in this case we have "poor" old white male Republican Alex Trebek who has built his entire career on the mansplanation of minutiae, benefiting from multiform privilege all the way... but somehow he gets Jezebel love. Because he's.... once-cute? An entertainment fixture? I will never understand the way…

Why would you feel bad for him? He's a republican. He is in his element, surrounded by his people.

Oh she was the one who did that?!

Why do so many Arizonans keep claiming that their state is a welcoming place? The legislators you elect to to your state are a reflection of how your state views the world. They tried to tell us about how "welcoming" they were after the immigration bill was passed a few years ago and after the MLK holiday debacle,…

It's disappointing that they didn't do this over AZ's Papers Please law.

You know what else it's a damning assessment of? The video-obsessed media and the ever present notion that a video will gain an average person some fame or notoriety when presented to the local (or internet) media. Still no excuse for this behavior, but this is where society is going on several fronts. Oliver Stone's…

The Butt never left the African-American and Latino women; it's always been here and venerated.

What's with "Mama Spike"? Am I missing some hilarious actual joke? Because it reads pretty nasty from here.

I seriously pity anyone so lacking in basic humanity as to not be moved by Up.