KB2017, you said ALL THE WORDS!! Thank you for so perfectly articulating the bad taste left in my mouth by the writer’s post. Of all her wonderful lived experiences with white parents, one Black woman saying something cryptic (because the comment was NOT clear) and she writes this post. It feels retaliatory and reeks…

Funny, whenever anyone talks about gatekeeping, I wonder why they believe they’re entitled to membership. Whether they’re loyal or disloyal, Black people’s doors should be open wide to anyone, huh? Whether or not they want to enter our homes and evict us or come in to rule over us benevolently; enslave us brutally or…

Yet, despite your RESERVED ‘Black people are not a monolith’ upbringing, you sure had a lot of profane fire for this Black chick.

Many black people cant adopt, it’s expensive, and the process honestly is set up against black people. Black people do have problems of our own...many of the problems caused by white supremacy. A lot of people in the comments are forgetting that. I don’t believe in transracial adoption, obviously I’m happy when any…

Tldr- black lady raised by white people makes other black lady villain, and white people hero, glossing over that her white parents raised her in extreme segregated formerly racist town, leaving her open to daily racism...but, white saved her (good), when black abandoned her (bad).

It really bugs me when biracial people tell their ‘black people didn’t accept me’ stories from childhood, so selectively, in every space, mostly-Black or all-white. Now, tell everyone about those times when you got FIRST, MORE, and BETTER than what darker Black children received. Oh, you never noticed that, didja?

No Sane108, trans-racial adoption will NOT heal racism, break cycles of violence or privilege as long as people white people continue to think they are the arbiters of what’s good, righteous and correct. As long as they own the means of production, make the rules and enjoy the money and power, they will ALWAYS believe…

This is your story, your journey and, there is much in it that reflects the truth of the experiences of SOME black adoptees and their birth families and adopted families.

Former Macy’s manager here. This is absolutely intentional. A few years back, they changed the way they stock and merchandise stores to more accurately meet the demands of the neighborhood they’re in. They call it My Macy’s. So the Macy’s in Queens Center has a ton of women’s clothing from Thalia Sodi and it’s own…

Stop letting Robert Kelly ruin shit for you

Woooooooooow.

Oh, without a doubt - but the author was talking about how much better and safer they felt in Georgia, so I felt like that was worth singling out. 

Drink lots of water.*

The backlash to her comments is almost completely founded in misogyny. Men see a happily married woman that wonders if she’s no longer pretty and automatically assume she’s a cheating thot. Why? Because the endgame for their quest for desirability is sex.

Moms that do actual mom stuff instead of being a cougar MILF…

“In a world that sees nuance as nuisance, women are not allowed to both despise the man on the street that compliments your ass AND also feel invisible in the shadow of a man who is showered with adoration, praise and the attention of countless women.” 

No, she drove off because she’s a terrible person. But he happens to be black, so she’s a racist. If he was LGBT then she would be both a racist and a homophobe. If she was a man, and he was a woman, then she would be sexist. It’s all very simple. Try to keep up.

How in the hell is the honking the answer to her idiocy? How about learning how to drive first?!? I hope all the worst things happen to her insurance. 

AND having to hope The General and Shaq give her a way overpriced policy

Note: the cop chose not to take her to jail, despite her being a pain in the ass.  So she still wins.

Stock photo phone user in smart guy glasses is so dimply-pleased to stand in for a police call!