Bullshit. Macklemore isn’t famous because he’s white, Macklemore is famous because his producer (Ryan Lewis) is fantastic. I don’t care who you are, if you can’t shake your ass to Thrift Shop, Ceiling Can’t Hold Us, etc. then you might as well be dead.

Waiting for the Tier -4 Operationally Operational Operators to come in and tell us what was done wrong.

There’s a world of difference between reading a good book by an author who happens to be a woman of color, telling people about that book and recommending it to others; and publicly proclaiming your intention to avoid books by straight white men to score enlightenment points.

then in case you wanted an actual discussion..
1. Gawker is only about reciprocating our intolerance’s for each other.
I shouldn’t say only, but I haven’t seen a well educated remark about racism here for a while.
2. We can’t discuss it in America, because we as Americans do not understand what racism is.
Racism isn’t…

This is a terrible article.

Why is this not the top comment? Oh right because it’s Jezebel and laughing at other’s ignorance is the most important thing.

How is this a worthy topic? Does anyone not know there are tribes in Africa, many of whom follow traditional ways? Who is her target audience and what are they going to do with their newfound “awareness?”

Could we have an actual discussion, maybe? Wouldn’t it be more helpful to explain to people who might not understand how this is not an appropriate way to draw attention to a worthy topic? Instead of mocking and condemning dogmatically, could we explore the ways that this cause could be better served, and educate one…

Seriously! And she has fucking breast implants. I have nothing against showing off one’s knockers- I don’t think I own a bra that isn’t a cleavage enhancing one. But I don’t say, “OH MY GOD HOW OFFENSIVE!” if someone says I have nice breasts.

Ya, I mean, it seems inappropriate because he’s supposed to be a professional journalist or whatever, but it was New Year’s, she was wearing a bra, everyone was drunk. Who cares?

He is the worst for other reasons, but she took off her top and she has breast implants. Come on. Do you really think she was offended? She was prancing around topless. And I say this as someone who is a sex-worker.

Please. She took her top off in the middle of hosting a live tv show. Her tits were fair game. There is nothing offensive about what he said.

Someone is very good at reading articles.

Assad is probably buying plenty of Daesh oil. Personally I don’t think Bush is the one to blame for all of this. That’s far too simplistic of an argument.

When the people who were being PC were much more hateful and intolerant than the people they criticized.

You have to admit there are a lot of people out there who use political correctness to bully people. There’s a reason why so many people think PC Principal is hilarious satire.

Exactly. The article is beating around the bush, but it’s saying “This is an argument used by racists,” and then straw-manning it. The truth is as you say, black culture doesn’t serve black people. And Mr Nutty accurately points out that this culture is a result of oppression... but this argument discards the agency…

i kind of agree! “black culture” did indeed develop in truly miserable conditions and in presence of systemic oppression. also, poverty clearly plays a part in violence! there is a very clear positive statistical correlation between the two. however, I don’t agree that violence is purely a result of capitalistic…

“It’s an argument found much more frequently in conservative than liberal political circles, where it’s often used as a polite way of saying that the disproportionate violence in black communities isn’t an outcome of America’s history of structural racism and its related ills, but of a unique black pathology.”

If there’s a Deluxe Pizza History Month, where’s the Cheese Pizza History Month?