Agreed. This study won’t convince the KKK to change their ways. There is no one thing that will bring about racial equality and justice. This study is a thread in a carpet. It will convince some people. It will spur further study. It may change policies. It will lead some people to lobby for change. It’s not…

Absolutely true. Hardened racists gonna racist, evidence be damned. But it will change some minds.

Your logical fallacy is...non sequitur! (Some) black people speak less respectfully to black people than to non-black people. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable for armed public officials (who have a documented history of killing unarmed black people at a higher rate than non-black people) to treat black people…

I’m sorry, I didn’t express myself well. Children copy their parents. If their parents are racist, they will copy racist behaviour including the intent to hurt. I meant that the appropriate response is to punish them for the bullying behaviour, and teach them why racism is a bad thing. This last is very difficult…

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT SKIN CANCER!

“Wolf-whistle” is the English equivalent.

True. We can but hope.

Horrible. Thank goodness you’re OK. That must have been very scary. I hope the racist cop is getting his arse kicked by his co-workers - sounds like a lot of the other cops weren’t happy about your arrest.

They’re not necessarily child abusers themselves. They’re probably trying to shock people and appear edgy. Still assholes.

Probably because the name of the group affiliated it with Harvard. To let it run would give the impression Harvard condoned the activity taking place.

BUT WHICH BATHROOM SHOULD SHE USE??? Because even though she was AFAB and identifies as a girl, she looks like a boy, so how can anyone tell whether she should use the girls’ or boys’ toilet OH GOD WHY CAN’T SHE JUST GROW HER HAIR SO EVERYONE CAN SEE SHE’S A CIS GIRL ALREADY and that fucking President needs to be…

As a teacher, it’s completely possible that a 10-year old child doesn’t understand racism. That doesn’t mean you let them get away with it. You teach them that racially abusing another student is wrong and shocking and will get them kicked hard.

Sounds like a water-is-wet finding. However, anecdotes and witness testimony can be dismissed much more easily than methodologically sound scientific studies. This will make it harder for the assholes to argue black people are making it up.

One word. One word, fellow white people. Black people have asked that you not use one. goddamn. word. But no, you’ve gotta be out there shouting it at the top of your lungs and then whining when you get called racist. What is wrong with you, white people who still think it’s OK to use racial slurs? And why is it…

Four is happening. When world leaders have to deal with him their faces show their contempt. They flatly shut down his asinine demand to renegotiate the Paris Accord and said they’d deal directly with State and local American leaders who want to continue toward cutting greenhouse gases. It’s very unlikely they’re…

Great. Once again women are cleaning up the mess made (primarily) by men. They’re doing great and necessary work, but I am so, so tired of reading about women doing the hard yards to support people after they’ve been abandoned by the government.

I originally read that as “...Jared hanging in front of the White House”. Not sure if reading fail or Freudian slip.

I am so sorry you’re having to deal with chronic pain. My mother recently died of bone cancer, and we regularly thanked God for the existence of morphine. It meant she was able to be kept pain-free and die in peace instead of screaming agony.

Well, the justice system got this one right. May he die in jail, and may this be a warning to anyone who thinks they own their ex-partner.

The actor Peter Sallis who gave voice to Aardman Animation’s Wallace has died, which is like losing a friend.