While it is more fun to celebrate the calendar rolling from 1999 to 2000, than from 2000 to 2001, decades actually end with years that end in 0 and end in years that end in 1. The end of our current decade is 2020, not 2019.

Without thinking about it too hard I would have went with the non-Queen Latifah cast members of Living Single

The power of fame isn’t just fueled by money. It’s fueled by the cultural trust gained when people assume that if you are famous you should be able to get away with anything or in some cases that you just can’t possibly be guilty because your faves would never.

“Lindelof and the black writers in the writers’ room”

Was waiting for this. Every article that I’ve seen that has covered her dropping out of the race focuses on her record without interrogating why she’s not allowed to make mistakes but all the white men are. Earlier in the election cycle there was a point about how all the women running for the Democratic nomination hav…

Every Democratic candidate has an imperfect records with varying levels of bad. But only the non-white men are actually being asked to constantly account for it. I would think after HRC’s treatment in 2016 that this is an lesson the media would have learned and would make note of in their stories about the candidates…

Shea Moisture burned a bridge with black women that I don't think they will ever fully recover from. I'd be more surprised to see this undisclosed spon con if I wasn't aware of what is happening to your sister sites in G/O.

Biden is polling well with decided black voters over 45. Large amounts of black voters are undecided. And his polling with black voters under 30 is at Trump-like levels. Knowing the nuance is crucial. Biden does not have the entire black vote or anywhere close to it.

It looks like Sonequa's name is missing from the second sentence. 

I learned this in elementary school lol. I’ve learned that learning about Native Americans isn’t a common experience for everyone in America. Even though IMO it should be.

Thanks for not being a dick to me.

I hear you. Truly.

I feel like you are offering a lot of great insights on race, ethnicity, and culture while using a phrase that misconstrues another culture. Just a little bit of cognitive dissonance on the way to your larger points.

Last paragraph says 2109. Maybe 2019 instead?

I want to give this response a hundred more stars.

Much appreciated!

Don't forget about the prosecutors who usually get to decide how much jail time someone gets

Maybe they are using the bullshit hour wage for tipped workers of $2.33 so often used in restaurants?

Maybe they are turning Rene's future with into the same kind of joke they did with Oliver's flashback wigs. Too awful to be an accident. 

I don’t think they actually got divorced as much as they decided not to talk about it anymore. My sense has always been that Nyssa, Oliver, and Felicity are technically in a polygamous situation that no one talks about. Unless I missed something in season 6 and 7 when I stopped watching for a while because the show…