The person who operates a camera has been a “camera operator”, rather than a “cameraman”, for many, many years.

Not to mention the fact that Grantland needs a new person at the helm. Why offer him Black Grantland, instead of Grantland?

(I know Grantland has Chris Connely, but, c’mon, son).

I think my problem is a lack of understanding of what exactly constitutes capitalism.

Has a pitcher ever given up his first HR to a player who had never hit one before? (That question is hard to phrase).

We understand them to be different now, but, were they perceived as different at the time?

I totally agree that white supremacy, specifically slavery, fueled western capitalism and the industrial revolution, and created the American economy.

Coates is provocative and brilliant. Good writing gets people talking. That's why books that provoke discussion are good books, and books that don't do not.

I’ve got Coates’s latest on order, and I have been reading his work since he was writing for the DC City Paper more than a decade ago - he is beyond brilliant.

Got a source for that? Everything I can find shows that China produces almost twice as much carbon emissions (in total) than the U.S., although we produce WAY more on a per-capita basis.

I don’t know if I can buy into the statement “capitalism was made possible by the oppression of White Supremacy”, but, even if I accept that as truth, I don’t follow the logic that, therefore, capitalism=white supremacy.

Check your present.

I agree about the destructive nature of racism, but, when its narrowed to white supremacy, doesn’t that sort of ignore Asia?

Who is BumpinFlesh?

Which guy?

I think you are narrowing the context of his tweet to a specific instance which Smith does not mention.

But, even in that context, its a stupid comment. For one, it ignores the fact that many people are actively working to combat the violence in America, including black-on-black crime - while the Republican response…

Saying that we have focused too much on terrorism is not the same thing as minimizing the loss of life under the rationale that “they do it to themselves, too, so we shouldn’t care”.

If, after 9/11, someone had said “what are Americans bitching about? Americans kill Americans every day”, what would you think of that person?

Dude, Robin Ficker? Former NBA heckler and all-around jackass? I’m not surprised the bear tried to hit him with a rock. #TeamBear