Yes, there is racism in those countries, but they have fewer non-whites and definitely fewer Black people. It’s the Black people that really get them riled up.

Pete is no different than the other White liberals and conservatives who love to use Black people’s success against us.

There is nothing he can say to me that would make me vote for him in the primaries, though, should he win, I’d walk across broken glass to vote for him.

White people love racism more than their own lives.  This country would have had universal health care like most of the civilized world but since universal health care would actually apply to everyone including brown people there is no universal health care here.  

He’s nothing more than Log Cabin Republican. And he knows nothing about Black people. And Castro, a superior candidate, who actually understands black people is barely getting any traction.

In high school I did a summer program in a laboratory at a local hospital. The other high school student in the lab was an African American woman who was far smarter and motivated than I will ever be. I had a 10 minute walk to the lab from my house and she had to take the train for over an hour to get there. I thought…

I hear you. I was the first or only black person so many times that I was truly surprised when I wasn’t. Keep up the good work Michael. Be Bold, Be Beautiful, Be Black Excellence.  Besides, it drives the rednecks crazy.

higher education is a lonely place as a minority. When I was working on my PhD, I was the only ethnic minority (I am a brown guy, incidentally) in my entire program.

They believed in you and it really speaks to what they saw in you. Look at you now. You have a whole lot of people that are so thankful for you. Keep writing truth to power and we will continue to read, learn, and grow. 

I think for some people, the brain is non-functioning and the ass has taken over its job.

“Honestly, this isn’t very newsworthy.”

Thank you, I’m going to give her a listen today. She is starting to look a lot like an industry plant (lots of these make good music) as the amount of push I see from her doesn’t add up with the amount of music I hear from her. Thanks for pointing me in a direction to give her a listen.

I heard her say this on her Becoming tour and I think of it every day. She said something similar in an interview with Oprah. Oprah asked her something like “What was it like for you to get a seat at the table with all these smart, powerful people?” and she said “You realize pretty quickly that many of them aren’t…

GTFO if Iggy had hit, TI would be out here like....

We all know that he wouldn’t be saying any of this if Iggy was still cranking out dem hits. Now he’s for the Culture? Pssh!

At the local school in my old neighbourhood, which had a high poverty rate and many families from minority groups, it was almost all middle class white idiots with a “saviour” mentality, who were patronizing and condescending to students and families. They tried that shit on a friend of mine, and her “Excuse me?”…

Good god. This person should not be teaching. I get so frustrated that so many young people of color are left in the care of ignorant ass people like this. This is only one lesson but the lack of respect or understanding for people of color is so clear in this content - I don’t need to see the rest of her lesson plans.…

My MIL gave me this Parisian, French baby-raising book. I was already disinclined to read it and this sealed it for me. I know the US has shittier policies when it comes to women’s reproductive rights and family planning. But as a soon-to-be-mom I can’t really take parenting advice from a country that doesn’t listen…