Recently at the library where I work we had a younger black man get his phone stolen, and he was angry about it to the point of storming around threatening to get a gun and shoot people, decapitate the person who stole the phone with a knife, and other threats of death and grievous bodily harm. There were 4 security…

I see where you’re coming from. For example, these are just fine.

Years before I started dating him, my late husband broke his fingers playing handball. He was near his Aunt’s house so he went there and said he was going to the hospital down the street. His cousin (a fantastic woman, single at the time, and nothing like how you describe your step-trophy) said she’d go with him. She…

I grew up in the 1980s. We were Democrats and pro-choice, but we were also extremely devout, straight-laced Christians. My parents did not permit us to watch MTV for various reasons—partly because my mother was a classically-trained musician who considered pop music to be trash, partly because they felt MTV was…

I worked for the Clinton Campaign and I can tell you that Luann was at her bday party and gave money to her campaign. I highly doubt she voted the orange Monkey.

Dear white people (friends and foes alike): Howard University is considered the Mecca of education in the black community. If you have ever admired or cursed Thurgood Marshall’s legal work, danced on or off-beat to the tunes of Sean “Diddy” Combs, enjoyed Hidden Figures, Benjamin Button, or any other performances by…

Calling bullshit that the school didn’t know Howard is an HBCU - Howard is the HBCU.

I love her so much. And as a POC who is gendered, othered, exasperated and infuriated, I completely understand/empathize with her position. Go Kara GO!

Kara Walker does not give a fuck.

Me too, but is there precedence for a win here? Have always appreciated the law based commentariat haunting these boards, weighing in, bickering. The lawyer jokes were also good

It’s more like the fire department showing up when the fire starts spreading to the white neighborhood.

Also, this.

Muriel, your’re terrible!

I’m going to have to hunt you down and rattle you now. See my screen name for why. We do not diss Toni in this house.

A good reminder that one of the hallmarks of white privilege is assuming anyone arrested deserves it.

This was very well written and engaging. I could hear this being read on NPR by some deep voiced, folksy sounding announcer.

Sounds like a vivid fantasy he harbors himself.

Damn you for stealing my (not-so-secret) secret kitchen sink pesto!

“Hey remember that time we got two contestants wasted to the point neither could remember if they wanted to fuck and ended up suing the production and we almost had to close it down wasting millions in costs and lost ad revenue?

Since when are all church-going people celibate?