Getting REALLY sick of the whole deal of “it’s WORSE to CALL someone a racist” than for “Someone to DO RACIST crap”. Rep. Mark “Birther” Meadows took that one over the top in his display at the hearing. I do wonder what the hell is wrong with the Black woman he used as a PROP in his display: to go from WEDDING PLANNER…

And if they were DECENT parents they would demand their sons apologize. Personally, I think Job 1 of parenthood is raising children to be DECENT human beings (NOT rich, NOT “famous”, NOT “successful”—-those are nice possibilities) but, DECENT people: caring, empathetic, kind, curious about the world, committed to…

YES!!! As a survivor, I salute & THANK you

As for being “underpaid”, Smollett earned $65,000 per episode. I looked up number of episode of Empire: 84. Total: about $5.5 MILLION. To put this in some perspective, I know one couple (with 2 Social Security checks & 2 pensions after lifetime of what used to be called ‘good middle-class jobs), who have about $65,000…

sadly, she is STILL  repeated as the example of “hate crime hoaxes”---even though she4 was a 15 YEAR OLD GIRL at the time & it’s LONG overdue to give it a rest! We have to shout down the people who NEVER want to believe---& use the once every Decade (or 2) false claim as an EXCUSE.

TRUTH Quintex86!!! The people who DON’T believe survivors have ENDLESSLY repeated the mid-1980s Twana Brawley hoax over and over again, but, HOW MANY OTHER BLACK GIRLS & WOMEN have ACTUALLY been SEXUALLY ASSAULTED who never felt they could come forward? It’s up to ALL of us to not only BELIEVE but, AMPLIFY the voices…

Jussie was looking for a CHANGE IN HIS SALARY: he didn’t think $65,000 PER EPISODE was enough

“Intellectual Darwini9sm”--LOL

I guess you’re ignorant of the FACT that gay, lesbian and transgender regularly experience hate crimes, including being actually beaten and actually killed. Some of those gay, lesbian and transgender people are also Black, some are not. Seeking justice for them TAKES NOTHING AWAY from Black people’s fight for justice.…

What utter BS. Jussie did NOT “take a risk for the greater good”—he did it FOR A HIGHER SALARY (as if $65,000 PER EPISODE isn’t pretty damn good. I do NOT know anyone making $65,000 A YEAR). Telling a BIG LIE is NOT “doing what’s right”. WTF is wrong with you?! Jussie was out for a BIGGER PAY DAY. Period.

Chicago police are NOT exactly a “credible source”. Also: I can’t help but, feel that Smolletts is being subjected to the same standard that women who are sexually assaulted get: if the perpetrator is a STRANGER, she is believed; if she KNOWS her attacker—-NOT so much. Problem is 60% to 80% of the time, rapists are…

Damn. After almost 40 years of reporting (independent journalist) & community activism on police brutality, this is a new one to me: “A hip hop unit”??? I know one thing: a celebrity Tweet does NOT carry the reasonable THREAT that a POLICE COMMANDER’S ORDER  does.  “Internal review” doesn’t mean a damn thing.

This child’s mother needs to contact the ACLU yesterday!!!

and WHAT exactly sounded “fishy” to you? The Chicago Police Dept. is NOT what I would call a “reliable source”. I still believe Smollett--until there’s a hell of lot MORE than “anonymous leaks” from CPD.

Well said!!!! This situation reveals something we rarely get to talk about re:police—-because we’re so busy exposing brutality and murders by cops: that even as a CRIME VICTIM police treat people of color (& the poor of ALL colors) like crap. It’s “denial of equal protection under law”. It would come as no surprise…

Can we send him to the National Museum of African-American History & Culture next? He’s got a LOT of education to catch up on!

at least, Neesom DIDN[’T ASSAULT  anyone.

GREAT graphic!!! 

Do you EVER believe women when they say they’ve been sexually assaulted? or are you one of those dudes who says “they’re all lyin’ bitches”. Sure sounds like you’d be a LOUD defender of Cosby, R. Kelly & any powerful/popular man--no matter how MANY women came forward.

As a white woman feminist activist who’s focused on anti-racism work for 40+ years, I just want to add another perspective on “white women being uncomfortable” in calling out Black men about their violence against Black women. The response to that call out is to be called a RACIST. One is given the lectured about “Blac…