1. Sing the other lyrics.

Their magazine is the best out there for little girls! I lived for the advice section in the back few pages where you could write in and they could answer your dilemmas.

I LOVE TALKING TINA! I saw that episode as a child and it is forever burned into my mind lol.

I didn’t call you a racist, I pointed out your racism (you grew up in D.C. and literally thought it was an integrated utopia when in fact it was one of the most segregated cities in the country). That doesn’t take away from the other work you have done. However, volunteering for a black man’s presidential campaign,…

LMAO

And flippantly incapable of carrying on a conversation when your racism is pointed out to you!

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!

I was actually just reading the segregation indices of various cities over time. These are residential dissimilarity indices for D.C.: 81 in 1940, 80.1 in 1950, 79.7 in 1960, 77.7 in 1970. Scores below 30 mean low level of segregation, 30-60 means moderate, and 60 or above means high. D.C.’s index of black isolation…

How much do you want to bet that PoC in your multicultural community have been routinely subjected to racism within that community and thus don’t have the luxury of being shocked when it happens?

DC is one of the most segregated cities in the country...

Beyoncé literally does not tweet though. She does behind the scenes stuff (like funding movements) and broader statements in her music.

That is true for FAFSA but not for CSS Profile (required by private colleges to determine privately funded grants). FAFSA is definitely smarter that way.

I have some advice but just on the whole financial aid thing! I am finishing college and am a dependent so I have to list both parents’ income (BS since I haven’t seen my dad since I was 12 and he doesn’t contribute... but that’s another story). My mom makes a bit more than you and no clue what my dad makes (I know…

Believe it or not, your personal experience or your friends or your opinions don’t actually trump the facts that I gave.

Perhaps you should talk to your friend and get more details because I have a degree in this and have studied affordable housing in all major US cities...

It’s not that people want “cheap housing.” We are not talking about people who are looking for a good deal. We are talking about people who are literally becoming homeless or forced to move out of homes that they have lived in forever to suburbs or cheaper states because of gentrification. By definition,…

As someone who works in affordable housing: that’s just statistically untrue. Luxury buildings are infinitely more profitable. That’s the entire reason why local governments are pushing through new zoning guidelines to try and make profitability a bit more equal.

Your moving in makes that development profitable, which spurs more development and drives of prices that displace families. Also, unfortunately that’s not how affordable housing funding works. You could move somewhere else within the city or you could move there and center the concerns of those living there before you…

Housing homeless people is hardly a recommendation to end homelessness as it just states the obvious without any logistical solution. There is a big difference between saying “people should all have homes to live in” and “I should not have to see that homeless people exist.” I’m saying that his wording is…

I never asked him to make recommendations but there is a huge difference in framing between saying “I shouldn’t have to see homeless people” and “our city should see housing as a human right.” When combined with his use of riff-raff and his view (that you apparently share) that the wealthy should be able to take over…