You could always try and use the word, and see what happens...

I'm so with you on this. Been in Chicago all my life. My feet have never been cold. And that's after using the CTA to go everywhere from high school, college, and then work. Twenty years. This is the coldest since I can remember. I'm over it.

This! I don't get how her not being his adopted daughter is of note. It's someone else's adopted daughter?! I wonder at what age did he started to pursue someone else's daughter??!!

Many oppressed people aren't as dismissive. Also, clearly a lot of what is going on right now is due to inherited beliefs from this time. I think families like this have a duty to at least acknowledge what went down, how they benefited from it, and how their slaves and their descendants didn't benefit from the…

Well, there's apologizing, and there's acknowledgement contributions to the institution of slavery, its impact on human beings and their descendants, and the undeniable privilege said contributions provided to his descendants, and to him. I appreciate how this family has chosen to deal with similar connection to…

Points for the jeheri curl reference. I quickly flashed back to Coming to America, and looking out for grease spots on bus and train windows.

I'm a Bears fan. I would not call Jay Cutler an elite talent.

I actually think she has talent. Her voice is certainly more pleasing to my ears than Taylor Swift's nasal-ness. But I still believe she gets a lot of her information about black women from rap videos, not unlike much of the country, and proceeded to perpetuate stereotypes of black women. It should be called out. If…

Must be nice in your world.

I've been living under a rock then. Cause I had no idea. Also, I don't have cable, so he's always been the Olympic champ, not a Kardashian side piece.

She look like she might fall asleep, like, right there.

Sorry you feel so overwhelmed by how and how often issues brought by some poc or some of other oppressed groups. I guess I'd like to live in your world where things like racism can exist in quotations.

Yeah, up that way could be safely Republican. This article surprised me by saying Chicago GOP, cause that's an oxymoron.

This is not logical. I mean, do people really need to point out examples of bad parenting across socioeconomic status, and that rich people can pay to get out of "bad decisions"? Well, I just did. Not sure it'll take though.

And even if not adopted...still a child.

Thanks for articulating my thoughts.

I don't think she is assuming that. But not everyone is going to be able to relate to what the actress said. Her statement doesn't reflect the narrative of low income woman at all, and by extension, is representative of women in a higher socioeconomic demographic that tends to not be racially or ethnically diverse.…

When we were founded as a Christian nation.

Samuel L. Jackson??!! Is that you??

She may have mental health issues that will now continue to be ignored. Even the Durham area police allude to this by saying she may believe she was raped. She very well could have been. But it's curious that no one is questioning how a traumatic event could be affecting this woman's choices. There is a lack of…