I mentioned on Facebook the other day that perhaps (white) people should retire the term Spirit Animal and they freaked the fuck out.

Definitely would love to see people stop saying "[blank] is my spirit animal." Are you American Indian? Does your culture have a tradition of assigning animal spirits to people? No? THEN STFU.

Yeah, I get what you mean. I was trying to draw a parallel for the sake of showing how it happens all over, but you make a good point.

I disagree. J Crew, for example, has lovely dresses, for much less than the glued-on frippery at many bridal boutiques.

Bet you 10:1 the academy feels that black people "got their due" last year with 12 years a slave so there was no need to pretend they give a shit about non-white men this time around. 100% sure that was some of the voters' thought process. Like, Steve McQueen was nominated last year and the 12 years a slave…

Yeah, but you have to take into account that both she and her parents were incredibly rich and famous. And white. And from New York. And she was attending Harvard at the time. And she ran to the station with multiple wounds, rope marks, bruises, and the accused's semen. At least one of those things most likely…

You have to have collard greens and black eye peas for prosperity. The greens are for green backs and the peas represent coins. Or at least that's how my South Carolina Low Country family does it.

These are the QBs Larry Fitzgerald has had the "pleasure" of working with dating back to his rookie season:

Because then it would have been a "Black Movie". And Hollywood hates trying to sell "Black Movies". Unless they have transvestites playing overweight "Mammy" characters or involve Blacks killing other Blacks over a hip-hop soundtrack.

The reboot has been informally referred to as "Black Annie" because the lead actors are Quvenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx, as opposed to white actors in the original 1982 version.

"Drove her to suicide"? No. I'm sure they were convinced they meant well, that they were helping her. They weren't, obviously, but those parents lost their kid and I think it's terrible and feel very sorry for them. Knowing they are partly responsible for her death must feel like absolute hell (hence the denial, very…

Here at Deadspin we generally assume that our readers are at least somewhat intelligent people. A lot of other sites dumb down content or write for an audience of morons: we don't do that. But because we've gotten at least one dumbass e-mail, and some dumbass comments and tweets, I'm going to explain why what Ed…

My birthday is exactly a week before Christmas, and as such, is almost always the day that my office chooses to have their holiday party. This has happened several times over the years with various jobs, and it is generally uncomfortable and has occasionally gotten weird.

The most memorable, however, was several…

I'm going to assume you haven't been here that long if you seriously believe skin color has NOTHING to do with all these killings. Or maybe you think black men are the only people who ever break the law and this is just one big coincidence? When I was a teenager, I moved from Inglewood (inner city LA with mostly…

To be fair, the reason people are shocked at what movies you have not seen is they do not realize that you are absurdly young. You were FOUR when Dumb and Cumber came out?!?

Hmm, I wonder why people don't call him "a thug"???

Boyett should have learned that only Colts and Broncos executives and their kids and girlfriends are able to break the law without facing harsh consequences.

Not much man what's raw with you

Fair point. I blame Chris Tucker for that song not being on the list.