Considering that it's 1995, the Washington Bullets hadn't had a winning season since 1986 and their best player was a very young Juwan Howard, I'd guess that Eddie was on the Shaq bandwagon way before he got to Orlando.

I found that moment between Winston, Coach and Nick to be one of the realest in the show's entire run. A lot of black people reach a point where we become resigned to the idea that there are some things white people just won't "get" because it's so far outside of their experiences.

I'd hope. I'm from SC and Scott's been a public figure here for a fair amount of time. I've never thought of him as an apologist for racism/police brutality or anything like that. It's just that ever since he was elevated to Senator, it seems like Tim Scott has gotten a bit more partisan; like he's more willing to…

Ugh. Just…ugh. At the very least SLED is investigating the case, so there might - MIGHT - be a more unbiased review of the crime.

"I think that the next upcoming generation of white folks are going to be
using the word and the next upcoming generation of blacks won't care."

I thought the priest was trying to smooth things over in the most unobtrusive way he could think of. My background is Black Southern Baptist, not Hispanic Roman Catholic, but I know that Reverends in the black community sometimes have to get "political" in order to settle conflicts within the congregation. I took it…

It's just that Alonzo has bought into the lie of the "good" and "bad" person of color. He clearly thinks that his status as a legal immigrant makes him better than other Mexicans. It's like he believes he's more deserving of respect just because of that. I've seen this attitude before in my own community and it never…

I find 8 year olds are generally more mature and easier to deal with than 16 year olds.

I'm finding that I like every individual episode of American Crime for different reasons. This time, I really appreciated that the show took the time to explore just how toxic the relationship between Aubrey and Carter really is. These are two people who clearly care a great deal for one another, but their entire…

It's almost like they're teenagers, or something…

Jay, if you want to convince me to buy and download software in order to essentially RENT music then you're going to need to come with someone better than Alicia Keys and Deadmau5e.

The subject of Blackness can really mess with your head, if you let it. I've never had any issues with being dark-skinned but I spent ages 8 to 15 fearing that I wasn't culturally "Black" enough.

Another engrossing episode.

Levi: "…and thank you for your time. Now, if anyone is hungry, we've got a lovely spread of fried chicken and grape soda in the foyer."

The only "western" country I've heard of that has compulsory voting is Australia; I think they fine people for not voting, but it's a really small sum.

It's why I supported Gary Johnson in 2012.

I think Louis gave some pretty solid advice to Eddie. It's just, that like a lot of adults who give advice to kids, he forgets that he's talking to a kid.

I guess Cheshire and Dr. Light would qualify, but that's a stretch.

I get why they did it. To be honest, my annoyance with this story choice is mostly just a reflection of my general burnout with almost anything Batman related. I'm not a huge Green Arrow fan but, even so, it's a little disappointing that GA's rogue's gallery has been given short shrift. Aside from Merlyn, all of the…

Over the course of the series I've got the impression that Lucious is supposed to be some kind of proto-Drake. Like if Raphael Saadiq and Jay-Z did the fusion dance.