This was me:

Any name that substitutes a vowel for a more complex spelling (ie Haleigh, Cyndie, Karynn, Taelyr, etc.)

I appreciate your wholesale rejection of the word, even if its use is to co-opt it back to take the negative power away. (Not sure that really works.)

It turned out, she was biracial (Becky mixed with Karen).

I’m curious. There was a story about Bloomberg (and others) paying the fees of released felons, so that they could vote. Was there any coverage in Florida about that?  Any follow through or stories on felons being able to vote?

I wouldn’t. The more I view an issue like this, I feel it’s important for certain venues and professions to be neutral. I expect police officers, teachers and county clerks to not display signs of political or religious beliefs while on duty. I would go farther and say that for some roles, that extends into overt…

These people need to take a hard look at their culture. When Republicans send their people to debates and fundraising rallies, they’re not sending their best.

I really appreciate how you’ve said in the past that black history is American history. I also appreciate how you place things in context, like this last bit about Madison and the Second Amendment. I’m gonna use that in the future. Thanks.

George W. Bush, who was a hapless Tupperware container filled with his family’s leftover privilege...

Agreed, that accent is awful. I pick up accents pretty quickly, just by being with people. But that was like she was trying to sound Latina without actually living and hanging out with Latinas.

I wish the Root would write something, like your post here, that I could then re-post. Michael is wicked funny. But white folks aren’t going to get much of his black cultural references, and they’re distracting to the main points.

That’s my only concern with the VP drama; pulling Democrats from the Senate. I wish ‘em all well and break the glass ceiling. But dayum, there’s got be some consideration about who would be most likely to replace them.

So, I hear/see this performance art pièce de résistance being framed like this: She’s a white woman, arguably the most privileged of us all, using her privilege to stand up to the authoritarian regime by protecting peaceful protesters.

We had something similar called clap drills. We were in circle and anyone could head out into the middle and then turn back and smack into another. I didn’t mind it too much. Until I saw some assholes picking on one guy who joined the team to make friends. He clearly didn’t fit, but we were a small school. You need…

I had one thought when I saw this video: this is what scared rich white folks look like: pathetic.

Yes. I did the same with my kid.

Its popular to look like people give a damn now, but this energy won’t last.

I’ve been having a discussion with a well-meaning fellow white man regarding monuments to dead white guys. Harriot’s mention of Gandhi, King and Jefferson, and acknowledging their failings leads me to a question:

I don’t think most white people are racists. I think most white people don’t think about race because they don’t have to.

One of the reasons I read Harriot is to find out shit I didn’t know, like this: