Because our government could not be assed to do so themselves.

Here’s my problem with this, a problem which I have with all rich white lady feminists. She thinks the song is for all women to get in formation, and the reason people are upset is because of its reference to black lives matter. It does not occur to her that some culture isn’t made for her, and that the time of…

It gets really old when white women don’t understand or attempt to understand the meaning of certain songs written by people of color, or even any piece of clothing or accessories from other cultures like headdresses and bindis, yet they still claim they’re doing “respectful tributes” when they use them just for fun…

Since cops tend to have more domestic abusers among their ranks than the general population, it’s not that far fetched to assume that quite a portion of them are rapists themselves.

All I want to see is Moonlight showered with praise and awards while Nate Parker wonders how a movie about gay black men could be better received and more successful than his movie.

Counterpoint - we shouldn’t look to pornography to normalize anything. If we’re looking for it to normalize condom usage, it should probably work on its depiction/treatment of women as sex-hungry tools for man’s enjoyment, with little to no agency over their bodies.

“But I also feel like she was a selfish sociopath”

evangelical host Pat Robertson said that Trump was “just trying to look macho.”

Janet Jackson comes to mind. She was bigger than Lady Gaga and totally lost her career because Justin Timberlake ripped her bra off and her nipple was exposed for a split second. She was branded a trashy whore who was ruining America’s values for doing nothing but getting accidentally exposed, but Justin Timberlake,…

Then he’ll be sad to know you didn’t spell his name right.

Abolishing slavery is good. The 13th Amendment is bad because it didn’t actually abolish slavery.

But really maybe only if you’re white because damn that was all white people except for the maid of course.

Interesting take. White people do love those “important films” that depict Black people as slaves, servants, and people fighing for basic civil rights, especially if there is lots of “important” violence against Black bodies. It solidifies the view of Black people in that inferior position, as well as justifies the…

I am Black and have read mostly reviews by other Black people, including two Black historians. The overwhelming historical inaccuracy, when the true story is already so fascinating without any of that, turns me off. Of course I also have an issue with the rape allegations, allowing his rapist buddy to write the film…

Well, considering I’m Black and almost every review I’ve read was written by Black people, including two Black historians, that is not an issue for me.

Best summation of “Birth of a Nation” that I’ve read comes courtesy of Matt Zoller Seitz (http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-birth-of-a-nation-2016)

You never show empathy to us in the first place and now you expect us to give a shit. laughable. Besides these dudes still have to prove it was their gender that was discriminated against and not shitty attitudes at having a woman doing their job better.

ATTN: Black Women

Bullshit.

It’s ingrained in us from our history. White people used to have picnics at hangings and at lynchings, bringing their children to watch black bodies suffer and die. We are not far removed from that, it’s just being played out through technology now. And it hurts.”