so by pointing out the truths about her record, you’re actually damaging her? wow. that’s so unfair.

If his stubborn insistence helps change the system or the party in the future, more power to him. Hang in there folks, we’ve got a ways to go before we start freaking out. Take a good hard look at Trump again and ask yourself if there really are that many morons in this country. And trust me, I know that’s a scary…

I’m not defending how Zola has thrust Jess unwillingly into the limelight and posted her pictures.

She first helped pimp Jess out in an effort to help Jess make some money of her own... When Jess gave up that money and vocalized Zola’s part in it, Zola was clearly in a dangerous situation. She was already on tenuous ground for refusing to trap, so why wouldn’t she pimp Jess like Z wanted her to? How else could she…

For the record I would also like a TV show to be made about my life and, coincidentally, I would also like to be played by Meagan Good or KeKe Palmer.

I mean, it was her lived experience and she thought it was funny. That doesn’t cover what happened to Jess and Jarrett, but i do think Zola has the right to laugh at her own experience.

Maybe she can have a guest spot on Empire like everyone else.

I figure it’s not my call to second-guess what elements of her own life are tragedy or comedy. She found it funny and so she wrote it that way.

Ugh, I get that she was an amusing storyteller, but I don’t understand how anyone could read that story about violent sex trafficking and a mentally ill-person self-harming and attempting suicide and come away entertained. The whole thing was pretty fucking disturbing.

I don't know which is worse, the unrepentant killer or the man who insists to the end that he meant well.

Your answer is exactly the problem I'm having. I asked an honest, sincere question. Your reaction was to insult me, while giving a thoughtful response. However, another person had a completely different answer and encouraged the question and gave an equally thoughtful response. Two different people, two highly…

Every time I read an article explaining how white people who think they are helping really aren't... this is the response from so many white people. "I don't know what to do then, maybe I should just do nothing?" If we stay inactive with the excuse of "not accidentally making things worse," we're letting the racist…

Your essay makes me uncomfortable. I honestly don't know how to help or be an ally. I work with kids in the family court system, either through abuse/neglect or juvenile delinquency/incorrigability. I want to fight for these kids, the majority of whom are POC. How do we do that without becoming a "good white person"?…

Did you even read this? Nobody is asking you to apologize. This isn't about you. The fact that you managed to be offended by this piece is a testament to just how much you don't get it.

I am a good white person. ... And do you know what? I don't see a need to apologize for it.

"Good white people" demonstrate the qualities that all good people demonstrate: kindness, empathy, compassion, thoughtfulness, unconditional love. These are the values I try to instill in my students; that parents try to instill in their children.