Even when we try to do things like buy homes, there’s always people trying to take ‘em. I don’t see many “we buy homes” ads in white neighborhoods. So many people try to buy our homes for less or offer shady deals in which the homeowner gets some money now in exchange for losing their house later.

Same. It makes me want to weep. As someone over 30, it’s clear how the cumulative effects of all the factors you listed add up to very different lives between Brad and his co-worker in the same job, Marcus.

https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources

Almost, as it’s relevant to the discussion, “All the Blacks are Men” is how the title is phrased.

I think people who have only one part of their identity holding them back often go hard in the paint regarding their issue, but often fail to understand intersectionality.

Keeping it limited to the USA, women in high density areas without cars are at higher risk because they are often walking to/from the subway or bus stop or waiting at the bus stop. While doing these things there are tons of other people around, including men who make rude comments. People who live in these…

Common food allergies? No. A social barrier since adolescence? Yes. Activities + drinking are ok, but when drinking is the main activity, not so much.

It’s hard to go to a bar regularly as someone allergic to alcohol, most juice, and citrus.

She wouldn’t be able to tolerate the smells in the spice aisle!

That attitude is killing Earth, too. Such arrogance!

If you want women to approach you, then you’d still have to develop skills, but it’s a different set. For example, knowing what haircut/styles/colors make you look your best. Practicing more advanced grooming (diet, exercise, hair removal, skin care, etc. techniques). How to indicate that if she asked, you’d say yes.…

I can’t even! Poor son!!

I had a stressful job in my early 20s and unfortunately had to take a family photo showing my aged visage to share with tons of relatives. It’s been about 15 years, and I still haven’t yet aged to that point again.

Bernie supporters underestimate the amount of antisemitism (and anti-atheism) that voters have in the USA.

These decontextualized, ahistorical arguments are a motherf*cker.

Part of the challenges is that your opinions are often uninformed. 75% of white Americans do not have a POC friend. That means their opinions are informed by secondary sources. It’s common for people to go through schooling without reading books by black authors, for example.

I agree.

Yes because everyone has biases. The problem is that many white people only consider someone like Dylan Roof and his actions to be racist, when there are many more subtle forms.

You’re right. I meant prevent the enormous harms of DJT. Black women are generally pragmatic. A “mold breaker” candidate has to be status quo because their identity already brands them as an outsider.

As an aside, I hope the book clearly explains that menstrual fluid cannot be controlled in the same way that a person can choose to hold their pee and choose when to pee.