Ha ha ha. I am having so much fun imagining that right now. “I literally don’t understand what Mr. Trump is implying? Is that a thing where men don’t trust women on their periods? Why? I’ve always just thought about it as that time of the month when a woman’s vulva is especially bright and pretty!”

You realize that that’s not a regionalism anymore, right?

“If you have access to the internet, mass media and or a library, you should probably know this.”

“But I was raised in a multicultural community, married into a not racist family and don’t have racist friends. I have heard a white person use the “n word” exactly once (a lawyer talking about his own client!!) and was so shocked that I was literally speechless.”

“I grew up in D.C., which was heavily integrated and had a big Black middle class.”

That’s not privilege acknowledgement. That’s just another humble brag. No one, except maybe Kimmy Schmidt, is so socially illiterate that they don’t know what Black lips signify to white people. This isn’t an obscure regionalism. This is part of the greater cultural ether. And if you really haven’t noticed this (and…

I agree. But I also don’t think white people should derail conversations by pretending that they don’t know what the major tropes of racism are.

Tell him to read the wikipedia summaries (very detailed) of all the sequels. I did when I discovered Flowers a few years ago. It just gets more awsome/disturbing. Also, re. your comment below: That was my reaction too! I asked my mom about the books because she would have been a young teen when they were popular and…

I literally don’t get what you literally don’t get. Are you pretending that you don’t know that the same physical attributed that are considered “lush” - as you say - on white women are considered, by society, obscene on black women? Or are you pretending you don’t know that to make a point? Is this a humble brag?…

The other problem: The type of work that really is infinite requires a lot of education. Not just a few community college classes. Not just basic writing and arithmetic skills. A lifetime of education.

I know exactly what you mean.

I am pro-abortion rights and I prefer pro-abortion. “Choice” is a euphemism and is not accurate. We shouldn’t imply that abortion is a dirty word. An we shouldn’t try to be “all-encompassing”. We should try to be as literal and precise as possible. Because abortion abolitionists are working hard to keep facts about…

This is one of the only things that I have ever read that really reflected my own experience as a pet caretaker. I have a dog, and oh my God, no matter how much you love dogs, until you have one you just don’t understand what it’s like to have this other being whose feelings and needs you are now tracking and…