Counterpoint: I’ve been to over 40 countries, stepped foot on all seven continents, and have yet to run into racism worst than the good ol US of A. For every time I got refused service in South Africa, I’ve gotten to chat with dozens of folks from Malaysia to Peru who had never met a Black American before and were…

Not good enough.

Do it. I live so far north we are down to one native species of frog (and they are tiny) and that’s it. No other amphibians and zero reptiles. Bonus: we are the Thai food capitol of the state, the legal weed capitol, and ranked the 18th drunkest community in the US (I think it’s based on bars per capitia/DUIs). If you…

Cut Alaska in half, make both halves states, and Texas would be the third largest state. Sez the Alaskan with dad from East Texas.

Welp, you could try growing up Black in a town where even the white residents don’t care that much about the 4th of July. It’s not that we/they are unAmerican, it’s just that we have a larger local celebration in two weeks. My parents would break out the grill, or we’d go to someone else’s cookout, an adult would hand…

So he should just shut up and rap?

I follow this dude on FB because at one time he lived down the highway from me in the deep red suckhole of Alaska known as the Mat-Su. He has since decamped to Florida for a cheaper retirement, but he remains my favorite badass.