No, you are not understanding my point. People of color - like white people - change their appearance to fit into a standard of beauty that has been falsely associated with whiteness, not out of a desire to be white. Again for the last and final time, people of color do not desire, wish, or want to be white. This is a…

My issue is your phrase “desire to be white.” You obviously have seen the error in this line of thinking and now moved beyond it. Thank you.

Le sigh. There is no such thing as “white features.” Race is a social construction. You will find those “white features” on people of every “race” around the globe. What about white people who do not naturally have slender noses? What about people of color who naturally do? White society has picked an arbitrary set of…

I don’t think Michael Jackson wanted “to be more white.”As demonstrated in the video, he was indeed a proud black American but the trauma of living as a black man in these racist states made him alter his appearance. Black women who straighten their hair or have nose jobs aren’t doing it “to be more white,” they do it…

1) Only racists do not believe racism exists.

I can tell from your diction that you are not well-educated so I will try to keep this very simple for you. I am not criticizing you for ridiculing a serial child rapist (though I’m sure that interpretation is easier for you to process because you then don’t actually have to address the substance of my comment). I am…

Wow, Linda. Why are you so obsessed with me? I am extremely self-aware. I repeat I do not need to kowtow to white people to have a great life. You should really ask yourself why me stating so makes you so angry.

What you just typed makes no sense and is not at all responsive to anything I said. My point was I hope you have the same ire for famous white rapists. Otherwise, part of the reason you are reacting this way is because he is black and you think he must be punished most severely because of it.

HAHAHAHAHA. This actually made me laugh out loud. Sweetheart, you think you are way more valuable than you are. I am a successful person with friends of all colors and creeds; I don’t need to kowtow to white people to have a great life. But thanks for the laugh.

I hope all those getting upset about the “real” offensive thing here are equally upset every time Woody Allen or Roman Polanski make a movie. I hope you people have your receipts because I will settle for nothing less than comments about that “sick fucking white (kinda/actual) child rapist.”

Or you can read his words on the subject:

Self-hatred secondary to life as a black man in a white supremacist nation/world.

Le sigh. You think you don’t have privilege because you are not wealthy? Please read this and then get back to me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-crosleycorcoran/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255.html

Le sigh. If you don’t believe privilege and oppression to be different sides of the same token then you are being purposefully daft.

Are you claiming that in no way does your white womanhood confer you any privilege* in these United States of America? Is that your actual contention?

Thank you so much for your honesty.

In addition, the Secret Service would have swept the room for bugs and cameras before the Obamas entered (and re-entered).

Why do you keep associating/comparing the KKK and BLM?

I am not mocking anyone; I am explaining to white people why their racist worldview is problematic. Further, I do not buy into the racist myth of “larger issues;” this is a tactic to silence the voices and trivialize the concerns of women of color. Ironically, it is also the same tactic used by men to silence women in…

No, my comment was critical of the call for unity to be basically brushing aside the concerns of women of color instead of calling for white women to be inclusive. If you fall into that category as a woman of color then I feel very bad for you. Don’t buy into their bullshit.