I am a good white person. ... And do you know what? I don't see a need to apologize for it.

This has given me all the feels. I am struggling not to cut all of the white people out of my life (kind of hard, given I'm married to a white man) and many of those people are "good white people." They are shocked at racism and racist behavior— so much so they I get links to racist posts on websites because they…

Judging off the fact you think this isn't a black issue confirms to me that you are White. I'm Hispanic, not African-American, but I'll tell you this: White people, not all but generalizing, have a hard time understanding when things are in fact racial.

I didn't think that Kara meant "White people! Explain these things to black people!" when she wrote "you." I inferred that it was addressed to some vague "you." The "you" that supports the militarization of the police and doesn't question why these things happen disproportionately to the black community, the "you"…

I love hearing these "up by your bootstraps" stories, and I can totally identify with that as my first job was shoveling shit from a horse barn, and I was damn glad to have it. Anything I have ever gotten was due to my efforts and mine alone. Continue to be proud of that and do not mind the ones who would knock you…

I grew up in the trailer park between the state pen and the projects. I worked as a construction laborer, followed instructions and hustled, and climbed out of the ditch to become the field engineers assistant. When the construction company failed I washed cars and trucks at a rental car place and was polite and…

There's not much to report... It's a good thing they switched judges to reduce the chance of appeal if he's convicted. Plus there this bizarre case this month involving a Judge who sent a Facebook friend request—which was rebuffed—to a litigant in a divorce she was presiding over... she has since been removed from…

Beautiful. I often feel a little left out because being gay I know that this is one door that's closed to me (not locked, just closed), even though I would love to be a father, and would be better than so many men out there who take it all for granted. Sigh...

"Whether dangerous or benign, the utopian impulse is almost always about control"

I am never, ever going to get over ADEL DAZEEM.

I'm of two minds here. On one hand, celebrity kids are cute (because all kids are cute, and if I was actually a fan of either Bey or Jay I'd probably be more interested in their offspring). On the other hand, Jez's obsession with the Carters strikes me as odd, since they're huge conspicuous consumers and definitely…

Inclusion will never happen because White people are fixated on power and how to keep it. It's easy to say what you've been saying all over this thread about inclusion, not escaping reality, and whatever, but those are all words. You don't live the harsh reality that POC live. We would all love living in a world full…

Oh, that actually happened to me at the Gucci counter last Xmas. Same shopping trip. The store had a Gucci boutique embedded in the handbag department. And the only girl working it was black and she did walk around offering to help EVERYONE else but me (I live in tihe South Bay so it is common to be the only Negro…

Wait, Jay-Z sold out black men over this shit?!