Speak up. The people who need to hear it most do not listen to black people. When people make jokes say to them then, out loud that its wrong and not funny. When they talk about “urban” and those people call them out on it. When your friend says Trump is not so bad tell them about his comments about blacks being…

Tituba confessed because she was a black foreign woman and knew that if she confessed and repented they would not kill her. She might have had nothing at all to do with the occult since white Americans at the time assumed anything to do with African religions were occult. She did not expect any mercy from them and was…

See here’s the thing if you read “executive order that freed all slaves” and you can say you disapprove because it’s an executive order you’re well not a good person. A decent human being would go “freed slaves” is so important it trumps any discomfort over “executive order”. It’s a great question because it lets…

Yeah they just oppose executive orders and the civil war was just about States rights too. A decent human being would not object to slaves being freed because it was by executive order. Most racists would not take this as an out because most of them are actually anti slavery.

You know you can buy those right? Either real or fake neither of which kill a leopard which is currently alive and both of which cost far far less than going on a trip to kill one. Everyone wins you get your ‘kickass rug’ and you don’t have to kill anything to do it.

I am so so sorry this happened. Try not to feel ashamed because it is 100% not your fault in any way at all. 12 years old is a child not old enough emotionally to stand up to adults and certainly not old enough to stop them physically which you would have been aware of subconciously. Blame your parents, blame your…

Well for one leopards have a decreasing population and near threatened status. For another you are killing something beautiful just for fun.

Go ahead and be hysterical and overprotective and never let the kid out of your sight in their house and insist they get a gun safe or you won’t visit. You will find that your kiddo when they come matters more than you parents criticism. I never stood up to my parents before my kid. I do now.

You’re stealing it because you can’t afford it. I don’t think it makes you a terrible person because you’re not depriving the creator of money. If you could not steal it then you would not get it at all.

Don’t dismiss talking to people in the “white privilege is a myth” crowd. That is very helpful because their retoric is very damaging. It really helps that they can’t accuse you of “playing the race card”. When you’re talking to them educate them. They may not be to be aware of Tamir or Sandra Bland etc. etc. Just…

It is true that most cops are fine. The problem is they generally support other cops who are bad regardless of the circumstances. They need to stop doing that if they want people to stop lumping them in with the bad ones. (White) America is moving away from the idea all cops are automatically good guys. If cops don’t…

Sure you have a right to an attorney but that doesn’t mean any particular one has to take your money to defend you. Public defense lawyers exist. Sometimes defending a particular client means you are a bad person. Filing the lawsuit is not surprising to me from the type of person who would represent this guy in the…

It drives me crazy that I have to repeatedly explain this to my husband who is a black man! He keeps going, “but the immigrants stole construction jobs”, and I keep explaining, “if the rich didn’t steal all the money there would still be a large middle class and there would be more than enough jobs for everyone.” In…

I think that they have different expressions of racism. It is a naive statement I 100% agree. I found in the UK they had less of the in your face stuff but at least as much or more of the not inviting you to our homes because you don’t belong. Though the most virluent racism I even experienced was in London. I mean…

I agree it’s something people should be aware of but sadly some people don’t read news etc and even more I think they don’t get it unless it affects them. I don’t think it’s helpful to articulate the “Duh. You were an oblivious idiot” reaction though even though it’s the normal one. I feel like it just alienates…

Having a gun actually makes things more dangerous for you and your family not less that has been established repeatedly. Are you arguing then that gender neutral bathrooms are actually safer? I’m curious because I actually have no idea in that case.

Nothing - but do you really not get that people might feel more uncomfortable when their pants are down. Also right now if a man is in the woman’s restroom if another woman walks in he’s automatically in trouble if the restrooms are gender neutral then that goes away. The risk for creepy stuff like looking under the…

I don’t know. From anecdotes men’s are worse. My son is too old to go in the woman’s now but when he wasn’t he used to come in with me because he said the men’s were much nastier. By his reports this is not true in office buildings, movie theaters etc but in public toilets like fast food places, parks etc he maintains…

She is not dressing in any way "slutty" or inappropriate but the style of the clothes is more mature than the average 14 year old just from the color and being sleeveless. There is nothing at all wrong with it of course. I'm not sure if the comments are people misusing typical when they say appropriate or people…

Here’s the interesting/odd thing. I did it for 2 1/2 years but the first 6 months were uncomfortable/painful and then somewhere around month 7 something changed and it became comfortable and easy and pleasant. Despite that however I wouldn’t recommend more than the 6 months for someone who found it difficult because…