Thank you for pointing this out. Reading these comments about the “good ol’ days” when we all played outside and came home to loving families is kind of a headshaker for me. I grew up with mentally ill, addicted parents in the ‘80s in Oakland. Playing outside was NOT an option and home was by no means idyllic.

I could really go for some cocaine foolishness right about now.

Right??? Who are these people?

Oh my god, that was MESMERIZING.

THANK YOU! What the fuck is even happening? The response to this is so overblown and defensive. The author is not demonizing real life interracial relationships, nor is she saying that there should never be movies that feature white women with black/brown men. The issue is that it’s SUCH a prominent paradigm.

The whole “are Jews white” think is substantially more complicated than people are making it out to be. First of all, many of us have strong ties to Holocaust victims who were most assuredly not considered “white”. My grandparents were survivivors.

Geez. Judgememtal much? These are people well into adulthood who can clearly navigate this shit themselves. The faux concern and shock really irritates me.

Yeah, his protesting hand gestures are perfect.

Man, opiates are *so* tough. I don’t think non-users get how hellish (and dangerous) withdrawals are. Ugh.

Sadly, there are many anti-semitic, self-hating Jews, including several in my family (*cringe*). Also, it seems she grew up in Salt Lake City and her family converted to Mormonism when she was still a kid, so who knows what her understanding of/connection to Judaism is.

You speak the truth. I got a butterfly tattoo on my ankle when I was 15 (24 yrs ago). It didn’t look like much then, but now it just looks like my ankle is dirty.

The Louvin brothers hated each other’s guts. I think it was mostly because Ira would get drunk and berate fans and smash his mandolin.

1) 18th century English novels

The fact that you think the response to this “distracts us from the larger issues” means that you don’t consider racism to be one of said “larger issues”.

This shit haunts me. Here in Northern California a Mexican-American 13 year old named Andy Lopez was shot and killed by a Santa Rosa cop in 2013 under very similiar circumstances. It’s hard not to think that this could happen to my 10 year old son (my husband is Mexican and I’m of Polish-Jewish extraction but my son…

Right??? JFC. When I heard about it this a.m. on NPR (“the officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice in 2014 was fired...”) I screamed “YES!!!”. Only to hear “....for reasons unrelated to the shooting”. Fuuuuck.

Dude, the fact that you’ve had four back surgeries makes you sound LESS credible. I’ve had three back surgeries in the last five years and believe me, I know how opiates affect me.

Sure, that’s possible. But, as you said, probably bullsit. Given the fact that his “apology” cites his recent spinal fusion, I’m pretty sure that he already knows that it’ll come out that he was on opiates (and probably drinking too).

So, yeah. This is a nice story about friends overcoming a difficult and emotional confrontation and moving forward. Good on them.

Seriously??? What a douchey comment. GTFO with that