There are definite other cultural influences, like Halloween, Christmas trees, pizza, etc. that have come from waves of non-English immigrants, but the slavery and segregation has definitely been a unique situation that has kept the black population as perpetual minorities.

Which leaves me puzzled about his relationship with Alanis, both on his part and especially on her part because...[looks at that mugshot].

A. How does she have no money if she already has a Leinhart baby.

I had a similar experience my first time swimming at a Pacific beach. The dropoff was so steep that once you got near shore the receding waves would pull you right back out, and even 10 feet from shore it was too deep to stand. I was used to Gulf and southern Atlantic beaches that are really gradual.  If it were dark…

Who hurt you?

At the risk of fanning the flames...I think the points he’s trying to make is that back then, decades ago, we didnt have the vocabulary or the consciousness to fully understand our actions. Even his wife says ”IN HINDSIGHT” it was date rape, meaning she didnt see it that way at first either. I’m not saying its right,…

Turns out that Bfyne is also a fan of Georgia O'Keefe. 😁

It’s not that people think the criminal justice system is equally wrong on either side of innocent/guilty. It’s that the justice system is especially likely to find a black person guilty whether or not they were actually guilty.

You’re fine skipping it, Birth of a Nation 2016 is a pretty terrible movie in addition to having a problematic director. The flick gives a painfully Hollywood rendition of the Nat Turner story, has horrible pacing, perpetuates the kind slave owner narrative (I know right?), and has criminally under-written female…

I said “Cephus? CEPHUS?!” in surprise and a tin of Murray’s Pomade fell from the sky.

And the White “progressives” that sat out the election or went third party even though we needed all of their votes.
“Things are going to be bad for us,” we said.
“Who cares?” they said.

Some of my Latin brothers and sisters think they are so passing that they more than support the forces that oppress their peoples. I've had many arguments with Trump supporting aunts and uncles. They finally shut up when they started kidnapping kids.

More black folks watch Power than Mama’s Family (think about it, you know someone in your family who watches the hell out of Mama’s Family...even more than they do Young & The Restless)

Gotta love how the argument about how Obama is to blame here is that he didn’t do the thing that would’ve been easily undone the second the Republicans got their shit together. And I’m laughing at the idea that Republicans would’ve been scared to remove a black woman from a position of power. What universe are these…

Marcus Graham > Don Draper.

she gets that they have to put on the be-nice face

Ok nigga...you want a scapegoat you found a scapegoat it’s all black men’s fault that a relative of yours was assaulted despite the fact that Black men and Black women hold similar beliefs with respect to gender equality and belief in the importance of intersectional thinking...and Black masculinity if it exists at…

Being civil, turning the other cheek, staying respectful, etc. are elements of the same, naive, ridiculous aspiration of the Left: as long as we stay true to our values, advocate for equality, and stay civil, everything will turn out in our favor because we were the better person.

Shit. Forgot blue collar. And also white collar. Apparently white people are the only people with collars.