It fits a toxic white narrative that isn’t reality, that’s why.
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Guys, you guys, this angel has changed my life. I have listened to “Ghetto” and now nothing will ever be the same. Ashleeee is right, we must take off our socks and breathe deeply outside. In the streetz. Cops are never gonna stop shooting us so we might us well enjoy it, right? I hate waiting in line for welfare…
I’m not a racist.
Or, pushing said racist out of your womb and endocrinating him with bullshit racism, and now lying about having not done it.
Yeah. Look, I love my kids to the moon and back, but I have to tell you, if they start (or take over) a right wing hate organization, I’m not letting them run it from my garage.
I completely agree, and I too relished his loss. I felt like I was watching a Phelps colonoscopy. Even local news outlets in my area treated Manuel as a footnote to Phelps’s “been there, done that” performance. Yes, he’s good at what he does (and he’s won a bunch of medals), but the women deserved all of the spotlight…
As others have noted, this headline was almost certainly constructed this way to improve its SEO scoring. People searching on “Michael Phelps” would see this in their search results, which would drive more readers. Fewer people would be searching on “Simone Manuel” (remember, NBC didn’t even show her medal…
Our culture is steeped in white supremacy. That means a lot of unconscious bias and viewing Black people differently from white people. So the intention doesn’t matter. Clumsiness doesn’t matter. Stop minimizing something that is common for those of us who don’t have our heads in the sand.
He’s killing it, I get it, but he’s not the only story at the Olympics.
Even if he was an affirmative action admission all it would prove is that affirmative action kicks ass and is worth the investment, because we got Barack Freaking Obama out of it.
Um, excuse me, but Erin Miller is 1/36th Cherokee AND her Irish ancestors who came to America were, like, slaves and so she knows, okay. This isn’t about her. It’s about Jessie Williams spewing racist words against the police, who are now a race and not an occupation.
Speaking as a middle-aged white person, I find tears from middle-aged white people complaining about reverse-racism really goddamn tedious and infuriating.
I love John Oliver and all, but America’s 240th is taking a back seat this year when it’s this girl’s (ahem, woman’s) 18th...
Markets are not doing well right now. Last I checked the US markets were down and the GBP is losing value quick. I read an article earlier today that the GBP valuation versus USD is the lowest it’s been since February 1985. I was born in July 1985 so for my entire life it’s never been this low.
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ohhh I missed that comment. I was suuuper confused there.
That was my very first taste of Hamilton (I know, I know).
It’s like seeing into the future! The show just started on the West Coast.