Wait, the conviction already came down? He tried to strangle her? The girl who punched him in the face repeatedly, threatened to break all of his shit and bleach his clothes over a 45 dollar internet bill?

Sounds like they were both abusive to each other, and alcoholism likely plays a big part in that.

So it seems clear that Jezebel’s main audience is, in a typical move, vilifying this black man when if anything can be clear, it’s that both of their behavior was inappropriate and abusive. How white, predictable, and annoying as fuck. Do you have any slight idea how many white women have lied on black men and ruined…

yeah “shitty luck” that a black man has the common sense to NOT call the cops 1) because of a deeply ingrained cultural aversion to getting others in trouble with the law (aka snitching) 2) because of a deeply ingrained cultural distrust of the police and 3) because of the common sense that no police officer will…

Is it really telling, though? What it tells me if that she is really playing up the well-meaning white woman as victim role (whether intentional or not) and he is already cast as the angry black male for passionately defending himself against a charge that could fuck up his entire professional career. we don’t even…

how can we be sure she’s not? if she started the fight, he had a legal right to defend himself. her chin could have been scratched in the process. this is why juries, not the media, should decide guilt. i love that the white girl gets the benefit of the doubt though. 2015 and implicit bias is still running the show.

I dunno. I didn’t even feel like Effie was pushing for the “diverse” (god I hate that) pair, she was simply saying like “okay hey feel like I should just remind ya’ll of this slippery slope you’re on...” and immediately everyone got super defensive. Like she wasn’t like fighting for the diverse (cringe, there it is…

I’ll agree with Matt Damon. You want the best director for the job.