I wondered the same thing.

I wish I could like this more than once. You've stated very patiently and benignly something a lot of people aren't aware of or can't acknowledge.

As a follow-up to dazzlingdame's comment: a matchmaker's perspective on dating preferences.

The first time someone offered me pop, my brain could not make heads or tails of what was said, so I switched the word to "pot". I declined and a couple of seconds later realized my friend's mom was not in fact, inviting two 16 year olds to indulge in some mary jane.

Even though I find Michael about as appealing as stale Wonder bread, his reunion with Jane felt earned. I can't help but wonder how he and Rafael are going to behave around each other.

Jane and Jonathon had THE BEST chemistry. "Get that dick girl" was my mantra throughout the episode.

You mean you don't know him as the quarterback/son of a preacher/cheating boyfriend from The Secret Life of the American Teenager?

I had the heartiest of chuckles at this.

Michonne is too good for Rick's crazy ass. In a perfect world, Rick dies doing something impulsive, Michonne takes over as leader and parent to Judith and Carl.

He better have some TBI symptoms. I'm talking aphasia, impulsiveness, headaches, memory impairment, etc.

I was a fan of the show, but cannot claimto remember any of the romantic pairings. Were the tiny redhead and the principal's son a thing?

I enjoyed the episode a great deal, but I was disappointed that the writers chose to make the conclusion to Bow's storyline more about the folly of making assumptions than acceptance of other women's choices.

I took lessons at least three times during my childhood but swam so infrequently outside of them that I honestly can't say whether or not I can still swim. Something the episode doesn't address is why black women might not know how to swim. Maybe this is specific to my family, but I know my mom didn't like us swimming…

Thank you for introducing me to the euphemism "flooded my basement".

I watched this episode with my roommate who is currently in grad school and she believes it would definitely still be frowned upon. Her exact words scoff was "I hope he has tenure." But even then it's probably still a fireable offense.

I misread uvula as "vulva" and couldn't fathom how I missed that part of the episode.

I honestly couldn't believe she didn't have her work backed up somewhere- Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, external hard drives. Come on people!

I'm not quite following the argument here. If it's that it's unrealistic, I would say that people can have siblings of another race. Or even siblings that just appear to be a different race (I've seen it happen with biracial children).

I am not offended by straight actors playing LGB characters in an abstract sense, but I am offended at how often they are then lauded for their 'daring' performance. And until LGB actors can be out without fear of losing opportunities to play straight characters, I can appreciate why people are upset with the examples…

To the MBK and Denzel part of your comment: I think with fictional characters whose race/gender is not immediately relevant to their arc or behavior, it's okay to cast a POC. I feel the same way about changing male characters to female characters like in the film Salt or in BSG.