Regarding America’s participation in the transatlantic slave trade, of course I understand that European countries were participants, but they didn’t really brings slaves into those countries at the time, or at any time in the last few hundred years. So, yeah, America is in a monumentally different place now,…

That’s true, of course, and I’m sorry to be crass, but none of those other countries imported and enslaved millions of Africans within the last 200 years, right? Most of those examples are like Norwegian kids wearing blackface to portray one of the three wisemen at Christmas. Yeah, it’s bad taste, especially now, but…

I’m not really well-versed in the history of it, but racial caricature can be, I think, different from racial portrayals, like an actor portraying a character of another race, with no disrespect intended, as may have occurred in the past around the world. I have to believe that racial caricature, specifically…

I’m not personally disagreeing with anything you’ve said, I just think that the history and subsequent culture of this country, with regards to race relations and the way we all see things, is different than that of others.  It takes time to teach the world to see things through American eyes, but with the help of the…

Not to mention the fact she’s fucking Lithuanian.  Internet culture really just imposes American mores on the world.  It’s like online imperialism.

This story is bad enough; why lie about it?

whether he actually lied or not

Fucking hell. Makes me wonder how many other families are there like this in America, with all the graft and none of the name recognition?

But he plays defense too? Queer? Are you drunk?

Too bad she doesn’t like comic book movies she’d be a perfect granny goodness.

Since I don’t trust this administration to do anything good, I feel like this is just a precursor to more privatized prisons, if that’s possible.

I don’t habitually read the name of the writer when I jump into an article, but within two sentences I know when it’s Michael.  I don’t know how he does that, exactly.

You don’t speak for all POC.  I’ve taught teenagers over a decade now and after Obama the ONLY one I’ve heard latino kids bring up by name is Bernie.  But you don’t like him.  That’s fine, too.

Whenever I read the word “farmer” I just automatically assume we’re talking about some conglomerate, so fuck em if they get more tax money.

So, not a lot of love for the guy who inspired his own teammate to choke him?

She’s not wrong though.

This is an underrated comment.

If a single season of AAF was 250 million plus, five years of burn is basically enough to buy an NFL franchise

That statement from his lawyers really takes “blame the victim” to another level with that line about the “ongoing investigation of the accuser by federal law enforcement.”

She will have enough money to buy a new hairline. Save your tears for the balding and broke.