I’ve been thinking about Kalief ever since I read a story about him in the New York Times. Well, two stories. One about his long-overdue release after being wrongfully imprisoned. That stuck in my mind. Then one about his suicide. It is so devastating. I look at the beautiful, sweet-natured young black men who…

Thank you for letting us know about this. I am familiar with this story, but not with this documentary.

I had a discussion with a white friend of mine about how minorities inherently have it tougher in the country. One of the things he mentioned was that black people shouldn’t sell and do drugs if they want to get ahead. I had to remind him that he sells drugs and we were both smoking while having the conversation.

The socioeconomic issue masquerades as a “chicken-or-the-egg” situation, when it’s really rather clear when you look at the history of different ethnicities within the US.

If it was truly a socio-economic issue, then you would find a comparable level of socioeconomic success between black people and later immigrants,…

When my ex went through a bitter break up he called me and tearfully said that he felt like he was living in The Truman Show and that he was Jim Carey and I was the cute brunette girl he always wanted to be with but couldn’t.

3,000 for the alleged THEFT OF A GODDAMN BACKPACK.

I can say from a rather short experience that solitary confinement is torture in every way but name.

I was picked up on an outstanding warrant, having just left a rehab facility for a variety of issues (drug and alcohol abuse, major depressive disorder, etc.), and was taken to my local jail. I was in an already…

I will (shamefully) admit I used to be the type who was like, “we have a socioeconomic imbalance in this country masquerading as a race issue” but like you, Trayvon Martin forced me to confront that no, actually we have a humungous problem with racism. And it wasn’t just the news coverage - it was people I considered…

His story hit me the hardest watching the 13th. His life was stolen from him and from his mother. Even if he did steal the backpack (which he didn’t), how can anyone say that crime justifies three years in solitary confinement?  

$3,000.

It was Trayvon Martin who really forced me to confront race in America. I remember seeing how his character was assassinated by Fox News and other right wing outlets and thinking, “he was seventeen. He’s a menace to society because he smoked pot and got into a fight? In that case I was Al fucking Capone.”

Good point. That’s why so many black couple have asain babies. Race isn’t genetic.

The more I learn, the more I understand that there are simply some things in life that I may never be capable of understanding.

My reply was honest AF.

*Trump is Hitler but worse.

“Yeah, but have you considered that he sounded nice, and he publicly thanked a war widow used the widow of a soldier whose blood is on his hands to score political points and distract from the speech’s terrifying message? 

So what race are you choosing to be today?

Yeah, but have you considered that he sounded nice, and he publicly thanked a war widow? Important stuff! I think we need to start giving him some credit.

Please exit stage left.

So you’ve never seen a light skinned black person before?