I think (white) people tend to conflate “race is a social construct” with “race doesn’t exist”, when those aren’t even close to being equal statements. Race exists because white people created it in order to put themselves above everyone else.

I have tried to say this several times and keep getting dismissed. I am always down for a friendly debate around race, but that is not going to happen here in the Jezebel comments. So it’s dismiss dismiss dismiss and LOLWUTs for now.

As a Black Man with a White Name, White Speech Patterns and White Mannerisms (I was raised this way by a Mother and Father who knew the shitty world they lived in) I totally agree with you. This race thing is just so stupid!

I get great phone interviews, and often get told: The in person interview is a formality! Then…

Maybe ask white people why we can’t all be people.

This race thing is just so stupid.

No she shouldn’t be on it. She fought to abolish a system that monetize black bodies and now you want her face to be on a symbol of capitalism. This is an insult to her.

OK, my mind did not go Godwin, like, at all, but I don’t get the joke, either.

is this some sort of fucked up holocaust joke?

This is a pretty gross article. Both the subject matter and the tone.

I think the flippant tone of this article is grossly inappropriate and shameful. Just don’t write about it at all if you don’t understand the topic

i agree 100% on all of your posts for this thread. the article (and some comments) seems to try humor about an otherwise incredibly depressing subject. did the author not read about the recent incident with 400+ people missing/thought dead in their attempt to reach europe by boat? these are people. nothing is funny…

My country is one of the “border states” which is fortress europe speak for countries on the edge of the EU which are the final stops for migrants from Africa before they get to “europe proper”, which means that if, by some miracle, they do get into the EU, and then get deported, they get deported here. There are…

What a great way of completely missing the point and making this article about a stupid girl and a stupid kid and not shedding any light on the horrific situation in which immigrants from Africa find themselves when trying to cross to Europe. This is a story about a little boy and his father desperately trying to make…

Grace Mann was an out lesbian and very active in UMW’s LGB activist group. Fredericksburg.com leaves that out of their articles, but that isn’t a surprise given their political slant (see their opinion section’s “top story” today.) There’s a very real possibility that Mann’s murder was an anti-lesbian hate-crime and I…

I dunno, I’d agree it’s far from prudent or professional but I’m kind of enjoying this meltdown.

I think according to the Jez authors the original piece was satirizing people that make judgments on what’s appropriate to wear.

Wow this is.....what is happening

wow. lol

Nice defensive double-down on willfully misunderstanding what Jez commenters are trying to tell you. And now you’re saying, “Look, the mens don’t care if we make fun of shorts!”. Please.

Now who’s grandstanding? I don’t see why you’re taking dcgirl13’s comment as being against you in some ways. She’s simply pointing out a fact—tipping perpetrates unhealthy (from an ethical POV) practices, and that labor laws ought to address this. If she’s not supposed to articulate views of that nature in the…