It’s hard to describe how much better the google assistant is than Alexa or Siri. It responds naturally, knows everything, and controls home devices almost flawlessly.

I no longer argue w/Europeans about who is more racist, Americans or Europeans, because what does it matter? We should all strive to stamp out the racism in ourselves before we worry about other people’s racism. That said, it is unsurprising that since European and American cultures are so different, the racism-s in…

And his facial expressions. Maddening.

The way he kept interrupting her and making snide remarks while she was talking infuriated me. If I were the journalist, I’d tell him to please shut the fuck up.

You’re saying something that is very true for Black Americans. Check out the This American Life story on a late author who grew up in the hood and went to an Ivy League school. She loved the fact that she could put on the thick U.S. accent and be equal there. I have several issues with her “passing” and being so hyped…

She is GLORIOUS. I don’t know the gentleman beside her (and don’t care to Google it), but he embodies every racist Trump defender.

Many years back I remember hearing a black American author on This American Life (sorry, I have absolutely no recollection who it might have been) talking about how when she first arrived in France she didn’t experience any racism, and it was absolutely liberating after growing up in The United States. But after…

I have an American friend who learned French in an African country. He later got a telemarketing job and was regularly subjected to racist abuse over the phone by French people who assumed he was African. Pretty awful.

Any excuse to post this:

When I was in Paris this past summer, I was vehemently assured that there is no racism in France, that regardless of color all French are treated equally. It was explained to me that this belief was part of the reason why they do not collect race data on the census. When asked if certain ethnic groups were segregated…

Adichie: I think [laughs] it reflects very poorly on French people that you have to ask me that question.