People listen when white people talk about POC issues, before they're summarily dismissed, where POC's are summarily dismissed out of the gate. I think it has to be white people taking the educated lead, i.e., how can they join the efforts POCs have already mounted, or are in the process of designing, or asking what…

Have you ever thought that your "help" is making it worse? Maybe I can help you with your super hero complex.

It's hard for me to hate on the Smith kids. Actually, I'll just say it. I enjoy the heck out of 'em. There. I love the idea that they can grow up with a f*$^ it attitude, and not have it affect their lives (as in getting jobs, careers, etc), and not have to spew memorized cliches like "get your education", as opposed…

It's actually just really sad for you. I get to go on not being in vacuum. You get to go whine elsewhere about other people who don't talk gently or softly enough when they feel ignored.

Well people have been giving to those causes for years, and it's not really clear that it helps much, or, quite frankly, that people actually care that starving people in particular are still starving after donating. Plus, most of the money goes to people who aren't the needy. But this money will actually go to this…

Maybe one day you'll see your own tone...and how this comment (and all of your other ones) sounds very paternal. "Now, go back to your room, and you can come out when you learn how to address me properly" about your issues with me...

We did a variation of this dance on school playgrounds in the 80s.

Fascist? Really? Did you say that with a straight face? Well, there's always those bastions of open society and freedom of Russia and Venezuela. Don't let the secret door hit ya.

Still wrong. Laws aren't uniformly enforced across communities, and we know that blacks don't use drugs more than whites, yet they are arrested more often. We know blacks are pulled over more often that whites. Just because the TV tells you blacks commit more crimes doesn't make it true. Or have you researched this…

Are you arguing that we shouldn't be upset at the legal system in this case only, or overall? Because there are innocence projects for a reason.

They didn't have to arrest him. But they could have held him in custody pending further questions about how to record the situation for filing purposes. Or how about holding him until identifying the dead kid and contacting his parents?

And keep those shoelaces tied. You just never know who's judging how frayed they are...

Europe exported this system to their colonies.

Truth.

Agreed. Also, she's definitely had a nose job...or that is also what's been adjusted.

Whew. I'm so glad I was not not making sense. Thanks for hanging.

I guess I'm in disagreement with the idea that everyone is a little racist. I align racism with institutional oppression. As a person of color, I do not have access to institutions to carry out inequities based on any prejudiced beliefs I might have. So I think everyone is a little prejudiced, and could be bigoted,…

See, I take issue with "we're all a little racist" because it implies that responsibility for racism lies with everyone, and that we should be colorblind, or confront our differences type thing. I'm all for confronting ignorance, which I think is what fuels our prejudices. But racism, that's something else. As a…

Well, when Olivia Pope showed up, she was sent to the kitchen to be properly dressed for the event. That's what happened to the PR team...

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