The adoptive parents didn't run for president! That's the problem. The adoptive parents are the son and daughter-in-law of Romney. You're judging an adoptive family based on the crazy within their family. The public knows next to nothing about the circumstances of the actual adoptive parents.

Lady...you are fighting a good fight, but this person is incredibly judgey. I don't think he/she is going to change her views. As an interracial adoptee...I feared two things as a kid 1.) every racist in my school 2.) bleeding heart liberals who "knew" my story.

What you are basically saying is that it is okay to judge on sight alone. You don't know my family. You don't know my birth parents either. You just assume that my white adoptive family is apparently currying favor. Spoiler Alert: My mother made a decision and it was an incredibly tough one (especially since I am from…

Ugh. This IS a random attack. Criticize Romney the public figure, not his kids who choose to stay out of the limelight but happen to adopt a child, not his grandkids who happen to be adopted. Criticize systemic racism and it's role in adoption, but don't mock a particular adoption when the particulars of that case are…

Fair enough. I know that liberals constantly capitulate to conservatives on courtesy when conservatives hide behind "freeze peach" and never capitulate. However, I would say that is because liberals are more often decent and try to be empathetic about slights, whereas conservatives are more likely to charge forward…

Apologize when you are wrong. Not when it is politically advantageous, not when it is because you're getting "too much heat", certainly not when you're using the words "I'm sorry if someone read my statement wrong". Apologize when you are wrong and ONLY when you are wrong, and explain your thought process as to why…

I don't know what specifically you are referring to beyond MHP's apology (Do you mean that a lot of Democrats/liberals are trying too hard to be PC all the time?), but I think an apology, if warranted, can seldomly be a bad thing. I hate that politics nowadays is so polarized that we see everything through this "Us…

Bullshit. When you are bullied into making a false or dishonest apology, then of course it's a weakness, as it shows that your inner compass is at the mercy of external blowhards. But this is not a dishonest apology - it's clear that MPH stepped back, listened to criticism, analyzed her actions, and is apologizing…

She didn't apologize to conservatives — she apologized to transracial families. In doing so, she made it harder for conservatives to use what she originally said in a damaging way.

They apologize when they do something wrong. This is an example of that. That is not a bad thing.

I agree that she needn't have apologized. However, I am impressed that she chose to. I think it was the correct and tactical decision.

I don't get the whole "people feeling something is racist doesn't make it racist" angle.

Abso-fucking-lutely. I really wanted to name my daughter Rashida. Really, really, really loved that name. Funny thing is, she looks like she could be Rashida Jones' daughter more than she could be my daughter.

Absolutely! It's just a silly rib about how we black folks name our children! Like that "Le-a/Lee-dash-a" one that's ever so popular on Stormfront... That's a real knee-slapper, that one is!! Why don't we lighten up?

Yup, no white women would be excusing this or saying people were being overly sensitive or saying "but the stereotype is true" if this was about their trifilng asses.

See, this is why so many feminists of color avoid this website. Whenever there's a topic about racism, you have a bunch of people defending it to the best of their ability. I'm just laughing at how many people are like, "he wasn't making fun of black people's intelligence! he was making fun of black people's names!"…

Yes - we have 3 sacraments of initiation: baptism (usually as an infant), Eucharist (usually in approximately 2nd grade) and Confirmation (mine was in middle school, but my mom was confirmed in 3rd grade, some places wait until high school). And in my education pre-Confirmation, our teachers, clergy and parents…

you can't be a Jew and decide that shellfish is just too yummy to pass up, etc.

... you can't be a Jew and decide that shellfish is just too yummy to pass up, etc.

I am Catholic. In the catechism it states "A human being must always follow the certain judgment of his conscience. If he were to deliberately act against it he would condemn himself." Catechism of the Catholic Church #1790). What this means, is that if in your conscience, you truly disagree with the church (the…