Please. When was the last time anyone called you a spade? Or colored? Quit hanging onto every word that most young black people don’t particularly find offensive because they haven’t been used in over a generation. Quit getting worked up over things that don’t matter and get angry about the things that do.

No, that’s just dimwitted projection. Speaking standard English is not White, it’s smart. If English is the only language you know (as is the case with most Americans) then you should be able to speak it properly. Leave the slang for your friends and family when you’re hanging out at home.

They’re not bad. Like everyone else on the planet, I noticed that they look like Kobes as soon as I saw them. But at least they picked a decent-looking sneaker to copy, rather than Curry 2s or something like that.

?! They look like fucking Payless shoes! Fuck outta here.

Enough to drop $495?

but do you $500 like them?

Nike’s lawyers will like them too.

They’re not bad looking, they’re just not worth 500 bucks

Are you a weekend rec league ref?

When you’re getting your broken shot blocked by Kawhi Leonard, you might as well look fly.

doesn’t bother me either as a mexican-american, but what does bother me is that some of the ppl that put on sombreros n celebrate the day are the same racists who hate mexicans or brown ppl in general the other 364 days a year.

As a fellow Mexican, I agree with you.

Shhh, you have to let the white males tell you what you should be offended by. Those are the rules now.

In college my roommates Sophmore year and I were having a mustache growing contest, and it happened to coincide with Halloween. We also wanted to do a western themed costume ensemble, so we all went to Goodwill and picked up cheap “western” costumes. You can see where this is going...I got a sombrero and a poncho with…

As a Mexican, I honestly don’t care when people wear Sombreros and Ponchos during Cinco de Mayo. This is an Americanized Holiday anyways like St Patricks Day. During St. Patricks Day people perpetuate Irish stereotypes and have no idea what the Holiday is about and it’s the same thing with Cinco de Mayo. None of my…

Not disagreeing with what you’ve said here, but it also stands to reason that there is or should be a distinction between speaking proper English and speaking with Caucasian inflections. Many ESL speakers work to not only lose accents but to sound more “mainstream” - ie white American English - usually Midwestern... -…

Although delivered poorly, I don’t think it’s bad advice. Code switching has been necessary for a lot of people, even poorer rural white people. My husband had a strong Kentucky twang as a kid, but he forced himself to get rid of it in college because of the treatment he received from people when he spoke. It sucks (I…

There’s a moment where it seems everyone in the stadium, including Tucker, should know that Erceg still has the ball. And yet, Tucker still takes that lead.

It does pay...in spades. Everyone should strive for excellence, that’s not a “white” value it’s a human value. Speaking properly without give-away intonations, expressions and speech patterns which allow people to automatically discriminate against you before they even see you is important. It will certainly get you…