Thank you Anne, for repeatedly addressing these issues. Sadly, they are more entrenched than many want to believe.

Averages come in 3 types: mean, median, and mode. Social scientists often use the median because outliers affect the mean. So if you look at the average wealth of 10 people, with 9 poor people and 1 Bill Gates, the average will be high, but the median won’t.

Yep, acknowledging the realities of current racism and the effects of past racism often interfere with white people’s ability to feel good about themselves, so they avoid it.

These ideas are great! I think African-Americans need our own Saturday schools that teach us these things, as well as our history and tutoring to excel in school.

Maybe because the major religions people practice in the USA are patriarchal?

That is true AF, and what my parents did.

Oooh, I am intrigued! I have an ‘85 diesel MB!

Oooh, I am intrigued! I have an ‘85 diesel MB!

Right, showbiz attracts predators because they know many are desperate to enter the industry in any way possible.

So this is just like the mideval practice of “You rape her, you marry her” to “preserve her virtue” and to ensure someone would take care of her and her child.

The scope would be narrowed to the perpetrators, who are often protected b/c people don’t want to help put another black man in the racist criminal justice system.

In the L.A. area, exit numbers are relatively recent. We didn’t have ‘em in the 1990s or 2000s, IIRC. After leaving town, I felt sorry for non-locals who did not have exit numbers to rely on for help. The Thomas Bros. Guide was a pre-mapquest way people got around.

When a kindergarten student corrects my mom in class, she congratulates them for noticing.

How can Dove/Unilever please everyone when some people want to buy skin lightening creams and some find the idea of skin lightening creams offensive?

Bojack Horseman’s episode called “Thoughts and Prayers” is so on point this season.

Yeah, my bro is his age and ...!

Not an immediate fix, but are there any cultural associations in your industry? Perhaps a local chapter can provide people to meet, strategize with, commiserate with, serve as sounding boards, and give the scoop on better workplaces within your industry.

Well, with the horrible legislation proposals out there and pu**y-grabber-in-chief running the nation, there’s significant anti-woman sentiment as well. Considering the deep well of sexism within our community, if we won the race war, would black women feel like winners?

Especially golden retrievers! And whenever an albino animal pops up, it’s a news story.

Other commenters have noted the difference between “female” as a noun vs. as an adjective. Those who object to the term feel this way about “female” as a noun, ESPECIALLY when the speaker/writer uses both “men” and “females.”

And they act like we don’t know it’s a substitute for “bitch.”