I hope she realizes that he's started to look like his dad.

I would watch 50 Shades of Grey if it was Rihanna as Christian Grey and Leo as Anastasia Steele.

Yeah I'm in Victoria too and while I do see a lot of people treating the Indigenous folks very well, I also have heard some absolute horror stories from people at school (UVic social work is very big on Indigenous social work practices, which has really served to teach me exactly how uninformed I am about this stuff)…

Well, it's not only internalized racism but also part of the racial hierarchy: White men can treat everyone like crap, (White women, women of color, and men of color); Men of color can only treat their women like crap (look and see how crimes against White women by men of color are handled vs White on White…

Canada does not award high damages, nor do Canadians really seek them out particularly often. 2 more zeroes is never going to come out of a small towns police force.

I see what you're trying to articulate, but: the nuances matter a lot when you're trying to approach intersectional issues. Generalizing isn't usually the best approach when it comes to complex race and gender dynamics, especially when you're speaking as a white person about people of many races and cultures. In this…

Sadly, damage awards in Canada are shockingly low for even the most egregious actions. $400,000 sounds within the range of reasonableness of what would be awarded. I'm assuming that part of that is punitive damages.

True.

"Probably Inuit."

Because it's important to this story. This wouldn't have happened if she was white. Police in Canada discriminate against the native population. Kind of like how the police in the US treat black people. I've heard cops brag about beating native people while off duty. It's disgusting.

I've read that in some white subcultures kids are actively encouraged in this kind of rowdy-dow. Some of the coding is revealed in expressions like "boys will be boys" and references to the sowing of wild grain.

I blame the glorification of thuggishness that pervades white culture...a level of disrespect that is too often passed down from white parents (especially white single parents) to their white children.

^^^THIS. All the stars to you!

Here's a link to the gofundme info to help support the baker's legal fund.

So rude and presumptuous, Bey. Maybe people just wanted to celebrate Grizz from 30 Rock's fiancée, Feyoncé.

When someone in a community other than yours says what you are saying or doing makes them uncomfortable, stop. Everybody messes up sometimes. I have messed up. But just listen up and stop.

tl;dr: I stopped talking to my emotionally abusive father when I was 20. He died. I don't regret it.

My dad, who was a spice salesman back in the 70s, said that lemon extract was what the discerning homeless alcoholic shoplifted because it had the highest alcohol content. Lemon extract and a bottle of Coca-cola. The coke would pull most of the lemon oil out of the alcohol so they could pour it off and then they could…

I'm with you. I feel this strong compulsion to eat the sides of his little royal face. I'm told this is normal.

The Conservative media will never be happy. Obama could give everyone in America a puppy and they'd say it was an act of aggression because some people are allergic.