For those who are unaware, the Celtics calling a press conference for a situation like that is unprecedented. It’s an internal issue and would normally be handled internally, no press conference needed. This protects the privacy of ALL people concerned and connected, even tangentially.

Right? No further coursework needed, just give her the degree right now.

Because context, laying the foundation and heading off the shifting of responsibility to victims are things that matter. If you’re going to use a quote where an official claims they thought rape in their organization was a “women’s issue”, you’re going to have to mention the rate of said issue in comparison to the men…

Possible, but she does say it was meant to warn people in the area. It makes sense that those trying to avoid discrimination would attempt to book an event hall instead of a church. IMO, she fudged the truth with “I had to see for myself” because saying black people need fiftyeleven forms of proof, a valid government…

The problem with the hold your nose and vote rhetoric is that it consistently ignore disenfranchised voters, who tend to be more progressive, in favor of winning back the centrist working class voters they think they lost. The underlying message is “Wait your turn. Let’s get back to ‘civility’ and then we can worry…

Oh, you don't know what respectability politics is. I got it now. 

I live 30 minutes away from the school, I don't need the link. Respectability politics are still alive and well in 2019.

Gotta get that school-to-prison pipeline sorting started early. This is just another way to rack up meaningless infractions and slap the troublesome/difficult label on some little black kids before they can even realize what’s happening. I remember wearing those barrettes as a kid; they brought nothing but pure,…

Let’s not gloss over suppression and disenfranchisement. I live in Georgia. The effort that went into purging voter rolls, delaying or blocking access to absentee ballots, withholding provisional ballots, blocking voter transportation vans, limiting polling locations & hours and destroying and/or compromising election…

Jfc. She obviously meant to embarrass them and felt some kind of way when her first attempt to put those uppity negros in their place didn’t result in driving them off. Ol girl probably had a mini stroke when she realized that they weren’t just staying, but intended on creating a happy memory. Can’t let that happen,…

Right? Talk about an unexpected, yet accurate, distillation of being black in America.

This why I wish a certain subset of the Democratic party would stop crowing about civility and trying to win over so-called centrists and moderate Republicans; those bitches don’t want you. They have made it abundantly clear that they will take the hit when it comes to healthcare, poverty, Social Security, education,…

White privilege is actually thinking a black woman can just “put everything aside" and focus only on her career as if her race doesn't affect everything she does.

I know call-out culture has its problems but, tbh, more people need to feel the shame that comes with everyone knowing they're a massive asshole. 

I appreciate that you didn’t even say a *good* run, just a run. Because that's exactly what it's been.

Of course they do, they go where the (real or perceived) power is. They see the balancing of the scales as oppression and thus treat victimhood as a weapon to take back what they feel was stolen from them. Fake news gives them the trash they crave while also allowing them to be the victim of the big bad liberal media.

No. It’s time to stop telling people that are shit on that the only way to be treated as equals is let people shit on them a little more and a little longer. When you take the labels away, most Americans prefer progressive policies. Hell, most “progressive” policies are really egalitarian. Stop reinforcing the idea tha…

Gosh, it’s almost like people can care about, and donate to, multiple causes! What a brave new world we live in.

The sad thing is that rape and incest is a fairly recent addition. The Hyde Amendment that’s basically the blueprint for the individual state laws only had a “life endangerment” exception initially.

It’s good defense against normalization. Ignoring the obviously ridiculous because it’s obviously ridiculous can lead to a vacuum where said ridiculousness seems harmless because there’s no pushback. This is the pushback.