As a Moroccan by origin myself it’s worth noting that there is widespread racism in Morocco towards what are perceived as blacks - the word for blacks and slaves is the same one, Abeed. In fact, there is still slavery in Mauritania on racial lines, and possibly some in Morocco too. This girl looks a lot like my…

Or invest the time to learn how to cook cheaply, healthily and time -effectively. I had to, because of severe allergies, I can’t eat out (or eat gluten). It is super expensive and restrictive, but I’ve learned to spend 3 hours cooking for the entire week on $200. I make the median NYC household wage ($50,000) but i’m…

I live in New York and do the same thing - order bulk on amazon, haul stuff from Chinatown and Trader Joes, and I get way way way way more than 12 meals out of $150. $8 for two large chicken breasts plus $5 for spices, rice, etc gets me an indian meal for 7-8 days, while $15 on seamless for a similar dish will last…

The value proposition for me doesn’t change. I can’t afford to spend more than $200 on food a month, which is already a lot more than other single people can afford to spend.. Spending $150 without resorting to credit card debt is impossible. It’s really annoying that the default is that everyone can afford this. Is…

The average New York HOUSEHOLD makes in the 55K range annually. Clover Hope is just very lucky to be earning enough to casually spend so much money on takeout. Most New Yorkers I know cannot.

Seriously. The median household income in NYC is in the 50-60K range, hardly enough for a monthly bill of $150 on takeout alone. What’s annoying about the article isn’t that the author is super lucky to be able to afford this, but that she has no clue and doesn’t understand she’s super lucky.

The opportunity cost really depends on what you make. But if you make anything like the average American household, or the average New Yorker, spending 200 or even 150 a month on Seamless is INSANE. Only people who make way more than that can possibly make that argument.

I really don’t buy that. Lots of horrifyingly downtrodden people in the Americas, India, Africa did/do not do any such thing. I think ISIS is more like the Nazis or American KKK - people who have lost power - no more Caliphate, no more Sultan, etc - and are unhappy about it.

Not really. Jesus is a prophet smack in the tradition of the hebrew bible. But saying goodbye to (even symbolic) child sacrifice is right in the tradition of the hebrew bible.

I guess in short I’m saying that while yes, in the context of blacks and whites, what she said will do no real harm other than irritating some folks (while the reverse - whites saying same about blacks - is obviously not true), in the context the left in this country and elsewhere it causes real harm and may cost…

I’m a North African Jew, which means that in France, my relatives and their neighbors are more likely to get murdered for who they are than any other ethnic/religious group. I’m also a member of various groups where almost everyone is on the left in the U.S. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been told by folks on…

I’m really sorry you’re taking this tone. I don’t think it’s productive and I think it’s a huge mistake to make everyone who doesn’t agree with every word you say the enemy. Also, you are assuming things I never said. OF COURSE everything you say about American slavery is right, but she said something prejudiced. Does…

I 100% agree with you until the last sentence. It’s one thing if a random black person says a not so nice thing about you, but a university professor, especially a sociologist, should have higher standards. Also, there needs to be consideration of how these things play out in other countries, given just how loudly the…

I don’t really see the difference in racism between what she said and what you’re quoting. She’s being a bigot as well, although probably not nearly to the same extent. She’s also being completely a-historic in her comments about slavery. Slavery existed in an infinity of varieties before the West even existed, and…

Both slavery and sexism are pretty universal, sorry to burst your bubble.

Ugh. I’m one of those people who get really annoyed when the remarkable achievements of western civilization regarding modern science get downplayed for political reasons, but this kind of a-historic bullshit is the worst. Western achievements were enabled by standing on the shoulders of giants - the alphabet from the…

Exactly. And to add to that -there are huge problems to solve in our criminal justice policy and housing policy today, that can completely turn the tables on racial (and other) inequality. What is known as institutional racism. That’s the problem that our generation should be addressing.

Thanks for this thoughtful comment.

I think that your diagnosis of those who called her out is spot on. But I’m really troubled by the number of people here who a) think that doing the same back is somehow justified and b) seem to take it as a given that b) slavery by whites was worse than any other slavery which is very historically dubious

This is an appalling statement.