Probably because being Black + a woman is going to be central to what makes the show funny and also celebrate Black lady excellence? 

My “new and powerful” force that I’m worried about is the “I’m so woke I don’t have to worry about doing racist shit” and I put myself squarely in that camp. Some white folks know just enough to start speaking and doing anti-racism that we forget that our entire existence is weaponized. I have to check myself…

You’re right in that they’re putting her in a terrible position of being bullied online by the grossest racism without stepping in to defend her. You’re also right that more roles for Black actors are needed.

Rural Vermont, aka 99.9% of Vermont is a trip when it comes to people’s politics. Those folks can and do hold both those ideas at the same time without a hint of cognitive dissonance. It’s a thing to behold. 

Agreed but the way racism is practiced and deployed is very different. If you ask most Americans, Massachusetts and Boston are a progressive, liberal paradise. Racism here isn’t Confederate flags and sundown towns, it’s not renting to Black people and have a diversity and inclusion office that includes zero Black…

Those sound like the kind of people who say they don’t care if you’re black, white OR PURPLE...

That’s awful. I’m in Boston where our racism is either right there in the open or deeply institutional and unspoken of. 

This seems like that classically southern version of racism where people believe that you can be “proud of your southern heritage” by flying a Confederate flag and also “not be racist” because you’re not actively killing Black people. There’s also a subset of virulent racists who fly the flag and have legitimate…

It’s not a new career but let’s refine: Charge people $5 a month to be on-call either via text, Slack, or phone to give a thumbs up or down on assorted life decisions and/or share advice. So for $5 a month you could tell people to not put any porous rocks inside their privates, that they don’t need to separate their…

letsrun has some NSA-level sleuths.

Many states regulate what a surrogate/gestational carrier can be compensated for exactly in order to avoid this “renting of wombs”. Surrogate compensation is limited to health expenses, legal fees, and incidental expenses. Several states prohibit any monetary compensation for surrogacy while other states prohibit the…

When you have a community center that primarily serves Black families in the middle of a VERY white neighborhood, your Nextdoor becomes a real exercise in people finding new and interesting ways to say the N word without saying it. 

If you’re a size 4 ladies and want to rummage through my parents’ attic, you’re welcome to mine. I WEEP FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL WAIST.

Private universities have them too and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a school without private “police” force. I live in Boston and every school from Harvard to Simmons has them. ACAB.

She’s representing the best part of the US - the part that supports the ideas of freedom, equality under the law, and freedom of speech. You morons had the exact reverse argument against Kap: “he’s working for a private employer, he should do what his employer says and not use work time to protest.”

It’s cool that you were able to name a... solo female athlete to brand Rapinoe with the same “is probably terrible” brush with zero evidence. 

Really? How do you think successful products get... made? Market research is de facto banking on the fact that a group of people you want to sell to are going to buy the products you’re making. Otherwise you’re just throwing things at the wall. Which totally happens, and sometimes luck is a part of it, but also…

They don’t like to be told, but they invariably fall into certain patterns of purchasing behavior. 

Designing to data is smart/potentially value-neutral but the people who design the research with which the data is collected are inherently biased in thought and often shockingly lacking in diversity. This is how Apple ended up with a health app that initially didn’t offer a period tracking function. 

It’s more fun if you make it look like the “gladiators” and the lion are playing a game rather than straight up sacrificing people, so.