Also, if you’re looking for white folks decrying the actions of these two, DO NOT look in the greys.

I love everything about this story. And while I’m sure it’s not true, I like to imagine everyone on that level wearing ascots, their monocles falling into dry martinis as you passed.

Simple silly! Because White Terrorism is acceptable, and when distributed through officials channels (law enforcement, disinvestment policy,) it’s encouraged.

I suspect that this was the look that Nana originally offered:

Hey Breanna! Here’s another heartwarming one form the National Capitol Region.

My favorite part of the story was when Nana was initially convinced that it was a trick, only to discover real kindness. It reduced my rage for about 10 minutes.

Bootstraps? That’s SO ‘90's. Now that the drug epidemic is affecting white people, it’s all about empathy and treatment.

Born in Maryland, so what are you going to do?

Friday story time! We’re at the Preakness. Like any major day-drinking event, groups that otherwise would not associate with each other (friends of friends of friends etc.), often with remarkable interactions.

Man, he’s taking this Andrew Jackson worship thing a bit too far.

Call and raise.

The question to you is this: how cool are people with trashing white supremacy is they don’t want to see these thing hauled down? I ask not to be provocative, but because I’m struggling to find some way to determine if people are offering lip service, while drinking deeply from the privilege fountain.

I have not had much luck with that, or really, any facts when these discussions have come up. The most vehement supports are those whose primary (only?) currency is whiteness, and that seems impenetrable to facts.

It will not surprise you to know that this topic has been HOT on the white BBQ circuit this summer. Inevitably, I find myself explaining that preservation of history does not mean the preservation of statues erected, non-contemporaneously, with a specific political agenda: maintaining white supremacy.

Supremacist? Of course. But he is not even close to being the G.O.A.T. Let us consider the following:

It isn’t! Kids are so accepting of their parents word and example that just the tiniest bit of basic decency gets them moving in the right direction.

If you think about it, this concept is perfectly consistent with his world view. Coriolanus is the the story of rioting plebes (because they were denied grain) saved by a military strongman unsuited to politics who then threatens to destroy Rome when the political apparatus turns on him.

“It still won’t tell me.”

“Street fighter” my fat, white ass. This motherless fuck has an advanced degree form Harvard and worked for Goldman. He’s about as much a part of the elite establishment as humanly possible without bleeding actual blue blood. That he’s hooked himself to the Mercer teat, funded by a guy who described the Civil Rights…