Except early education teachers. They can get annoyed cuz after the 5th “why” you’re outta reasons.

I love that.

Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the throne in Austria-Hungary, was assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian Nationalist. 10th grade History teacher taught me that.

This isn’t the first or only story with the plot line “he thought he was about to go to jail, but then SURPRISE!” And these kinds of viral stories just perpetuate a narrative that cops are nice and the ones who kill are just a few bad apples. So no, I’m gonna killjoy the shit outta this.

This shit isn’t cute. It’s not as bad as the “prom-posal” that involved arresting a black teen at school but it’s still fucked. Your body and subconscious don’t get to just laugh it off when you think you might die or be locked in a cage but it turns out to be a BIG SURPRISE! Can we just.... maybe.... take the…

This is quite helpful, thanks so much for taking the time & effort to write a thoughtful response. And I’m so glad your elementary school is police-free! Sadly, our county commission won’t spend $$ on any school repairs, but they happily spent nearly a million dollars on new SROs — some of which were placed in…

I have a job lined up for next school year at a school with 80% black students and I’m trying to figure out what I would do if a cop tried to come after one of my students. (I don’t know for sure whether this school has SROs) Do you have cops in your school? How do you respond to them?

We white people ABSOLUTELY do this. By refusing to take action against it, we uphold white supremacy.

Because the entire system of policing is racist. Police units started out as slave patrols. They’re trained based on crime statistics but those statistics just represent who past police already criminalized and not actual criminal activity. ALL of policing is racist and you cannot participate in it without being…

And I couldn’t help but notice that he referred to women as “the females” as he complained about rap. Meanwhile, he doesn’t say anything about the REAL LIVE Black women on the train (at least, not in the parts you quoted. I don’t particularly want to read all his shit.).....

And $1000 a month in CASH goes such a long way down here.

I kind of think that’s why this women’s strike didn’t really work that well. We didn’t have time to organize the necessary infrastructure to make this possible. For the women’s strike to work, men needed to be educated and agitated and organized to do the work. MEN needed to get together to arrange childcare, men…

I think it’s great money for her right now, but it’s not a consistent income. That changes how much she can really plan ahead.

In sixth grade a friend invited me over to her house after school. She had a HUGE house on lake Champlain with a few acres of land, three American Girl dolls... all the rich stuff. I realized that, oh, yeah, my family can’t just buy whatever we want. She wasn’t a snob at all, which is to her credit considering her…

What? I have heard nothing about these allegations....

Dolly Parton is putting out yearly TV specials and is working with her own foundation to provide a universal income to the hundreds of people who lost their homes and jobs in he devastating Gatlinburg wildfires. She is also still touring and creating new music. Dolly is maintaining her relevance by not just working in…

Oh god you’re right.

A mistrial typically means that the DA will strike a deal or even dismiss the charges because “they weren’t going to find him guilty anyway so why should I try?”

Anna, I’m in the greys but I’d really appreciate you at least making this comment black.

98% of the families whose children go to Woodmore Elementary are from low-SES backgrounds. They need help paying for funeral expenses, medical bills (TN didn’t pass the medicaid expansion), and just ongoing living expenses since…

Oh fuck you.