I have to say this map really tells me nothing, at least not without years more study (common with most statistics).

“What Stephens-Davidowitz ultimately discovered was that racism “appears to have cost Obama roughly four percentage points of the national popular vote in both 2008 and 2012.” He determined this by showing that the higher the number of searches there were on “nigger” in a given area, the more likely it was that Obama…

yeah, this has a bit of correlation with the black population in general:

Is that normalized for population density?

This is going to surprise a hell of a lot of Gawker’s special snowflake brigade.

With a few notable exception, ie. SOCAL, this looks like a population density map to me.

Probably have no one to be racist towards.

Is it ok to be against rape but still think this sucks

Pluto and Charon need a ‘Brangelina’ type name.

The point is the softening of the language. It has to stop. Call it what it is and it will have 100% of the force you actually want to use here.

Yes, “Manner” is the better word. But you don’t “die by homicide” which is my main point.

That’s no moon!

Pluto was miffed that we took away it’s Planet designation and has been recruiting its own band of misfits to create their OWN solar system, but with blackjack and hookers!

Don’t bother. It’s another softening of language so people who can’t take reality can hide behind it.

It sounds slightly gentler at first, but it’s a bit insidious if you really think about it. No one suffers from depression of their own free will.

Don’t you know you can’t be realistic on Jezebel?

You just have to swallow whatever garbage they try to shove down your throat and smile.

These women are the future of out society... Allah help us.

It remains an inelegant phrase. Died by suicide means “died by killing themselves,” it’s like saying died by fatality.

“died by suicide” has to be one of the sloppiest phrases I’ve heard in awhile. You commit suicide or you kill yourself. Suicide is a motive, not a method.

I just read through the comments section of the Tacoma Stories link and someone fairly close to the situation said that her father had threatened to put her up for adoption. If this is true, coupled with the hair cutting off incident, it paints a picture of an abuser who should be in jail.

Have a berry. You can cut it up for your cereal.