So what? We're not talking about things that happened in the past. If right now, people have issues they are facing that they feel are not being given legitimate attention it makes complete sense they will try to fight for what they feel is right. Whether I agree with their stand isn't really relevant; if they are…

I really don't feel like going through each of your points but I will say this, just because something isn't a "existential threat" doesn't mean it isn't a legitimate gripe which should be addressed.

I don't know for sure but I think that was the point. It wasn't a conversation; Arnold and Dev cannot relate the experiences of Denise and Rachel so they should just be listening and internalizing what's being said. For a lot of women, having the men in their lives just listen and try to understand is what's…

What about it felt clunky? I've had similar talks with friends and my boyfriend about sexism and racism before. After watching Dear White People I actually gotten into a whole spiel about racism, specifically institutional racism, and how it differs from prejudice because neither my boyfriend nor our roommate (both…

And yet all the girls like Brian's ass!

This is purely anecdotal but my roommate is about Aziz's height and build and has not once mentioned feeling unsafe in our neighborhood, Bushwick. Recently, we were talking about how he has a coworker who, years ago, would go to Bushwick to pick up her supply as she was a small-time drug dealer. She said the…

New York has actually gotten much safer now than it has been in a while; I think the 70s into the early 80s were when it was really bad, and after wide-scale gentrification of Manhattan, it's gotten a lot better. So it's not "safe" so to speak but almost every guy I know, whether tall/short/muscled/out of shape has…

I live in Bushwick too. My boyfriend isn't a big guy, average height and has a slight build, but he's said he's not felt unsafe walking home late at night. But if I'm coming home late he worries.

He does, indeed.. I have no idea why the OP thinks Aziz is alluding to having a white partner as being the "holy grail."

Yeah, maybe the OP is talking about super heroes and non-supers getting it on? Then again, we already know Luke Cage has powers too. Hmm…

Who even calls it race-mixing anymore, besides 80-year old, well-meaning but still racist grandmothers?

Even the pet chicken thing wasn't specific to Brian's dad being an immigrant. Back in the 50s lots of people in the U.S. grew up on farms and may have had to kill their pet chickens as children.

Jeb and the Hallograms!

So basically Seeking Arrangements: The TV Series? This could be somewhat interesting.

Storm from X-Men. I kind of half-assed the costume in that it's not an costume so much as a black Under Armour top paired with shiny, black stretch pants. I did order a white wig, X-Men belt buckle and black cape from Amazon though so the whole outfit actually looks pretty good.

Same here!

I figured they're both movie-turned-TV-procedurals so one or both would probably fail!

Finally some good news for my CL picks! I'm really kicking myself for not picking Minority Report; it was between that and Limitless and I pretty much tossed a coin.

Exactly! Even with making more than double that now, I am just OK - not great, not poor but OK. I have no idea why they think that is a reasonable salary for one of the most expensive cities in the country.

So do I but I just came back from vacation and already knew the job was mine if I wanted it. After getting the official offer yesterday it just struck me that I'd be stuck at my dead-end corporate job even longer than I'd hoped.