The real problem with casting Zoe Saldana is that she has benefitted from white supremacy in the industry; Nina was victimized by it. Though they are both black women, they represent almost entirely different existences, and it is this contradiction many black women have the most trouble with.

Way too many people that I work with call haggling something down a few bucks “Jewish down” the price. A lot of racism nowadays is subliminal, and since I’m not Jewish I’m not on alert or fully aware of everything that is actually pertaining to Judaism, so I’m going to believe you that it’s something you experience.…

I love thinly disguised condescension and the veiled remarks to race, such as:

When you say “you guys” who, specifically, are you talking to? Asians? Black people? POC in general?

As a Jewish person myself, I’ll take the opposition role and say that SBC is a very good comedian and is not a self hating Jew at all, considering he’s orthodox. Not liking his schtick? Sure. I hated Bruno, but thought Borat and his antisemeic stuff was brilliant within the context where subliminal Jew-hating is…

Chris Rock is Jewish?

I’ve noticed that some discourse on diversity in the US seems to see it exclusively in terms of black and white, no pun intended. Not all, obviously, and excluding issues and discussions that are specifically about discrimination and persecution of African Americans. /a WOC who is neither black or American

Exactly! Which exposes the lie. They don’t give two shits about the poor unborn fetuses being aborted, because if they did, they would use all measures available to decrease abortions. They would fully support birth control coverage and education. This has been and always will be about controlling women’s sex lives…

Red state resident, here. I teach at a hilariously liberal university. We are a blue pocket and the enemy has us surrounded; send help.

I know when the time comes I won't send my kids to college in any Red State. Nope.

Safe, legal abortions are actually great public health policy! One of the reasons the pro-choice laws took hold in the late sixties and seventies, leading to the roe v wade decision, was that in 1965 abortion deaths were 17% of deaths attributed to pregnancy. People became pro-choice because as a public policy we…

women don’t poop, its not natural for us

Funny that white men can find some common ground with other white men who just happened to be attracted to white men, but women still aren’t people.

“is against public policy”

Anyone else find it unsettling that as we make great strides in LGBT issues, we are being jettisoned back to the dark ages when it comes to Women’s Reproductive Rights?

The best funding for an abortion free society would be great sex-ed and free birth control.

Wow, I had this brief naive moment where I was thinking how as a pro-choice woman, I certainly hope to see an Abortion-free world too, since people have lots of real sex education and access to contraception and the kind of educational and occupational mobility to make caring for a child more feasible for many.…

can they just name it anti-slut efforts?? just give this away

Still some bullshit. How insulting to Nina Simone, what she stood for, what she went through specifically because she was darker-skinned woman with full lips and an obviously African nose. Her daughter wasn’t consulted and is against this movie, not only because of the ridiculous casting and use of darkening makeup,…

I will never understand people that continue with posthumous biopics when the person’s family is against it. It seems SO disrespectful.