Eh. "Creativity" is no substitute for actually understanding "X" groups lived experience, especially if "X" group faces things that the majority of people never face, or has sensory experience that most people can't understand. I can't begin to catalog the number of things that heterosexual people get wrong when…

They don't believe that the best qualified person can also happen to be a woman or a PoC or whatever, they assume it's instantly tokenism, and it's annoying.

Also- Hey Arnold had quite a few POC, among both kid and adult characters.

yeah, finding out that she's a POC really ups the cringe factor. And makes me feel terrible for her, for having to sit through all that and actually respond to his disgusting racism and sexism.

For your consideration.

That's not what's happening here, and you know it. They grey is for discourse, not consensus. So don't imply that one opinion (one that you happen to not like) is the consensus.

Hillary, I have never been terribly comfortable with the idea that "X" group needs to write for their "X" group because it will be "authentic." My position is that if these are creative endeavors then bring the creativity. After all, there are "black shows" written by "black people" that don't click with me at all.…

Amen.

"That show is awkward because there's actually no reason for that character to be Indian."

dafuq

This reminds me of the white guy standing up at law school orientation during the cultural sensitivity presentation, and responding to the prompt of "when was the first time you felt different or discriminated against?" he said, "When I applied to law school, because I knew I'd have a harder time getting in as a white…

Hmmm? I don't think he should buck up. I think he needs therapy. But maybe "buck up" is the tone that you're getting from the article. The tone I'm getting is that his fears are crushing him and he needs help. I hope he gets it.

I am sitting hear actually listening to the Brown Sugar album as we speak. On the real D' let me put it to you like this: I am and continue to listen to a 20 year old debut album in which you were rarely visible unless you were behind the piano or bass. Your music is perfection when you leave that image stuff behind…

I feel so bad for this guy. Even back then when they were pushing him really hard as a sex symbol it was obvious he was intensely uncomfortable in the spotlight. I wish we could all send him one big fan letter telling him we just want to hear the music and he can look however he wants!

I am 100% positive that I would feel just as sorry for a woman who was afraid to face the public because of her body. Likely more so. In fact, I think you'd be hard pressed to find many here who wouldn't say the same. You know this is Jezebel, right?

I was really hoping that the sentence would read,

This is seriously catchy! I love these two now.

my favourite part is Mir.I.Am eating the cupcake

It doesn't matter that it's a "basic sex act" to a large majority of people if the person in question is not comfortable with it, though. You keep saying "it's just a BJ" like that's going to automatically shift everyone into viewing the act like you do. Or that attending therapy will fix any sort of trauma-related…

"EW" is how I normally respond as soon as I hear anything associated with will.i.am on the radio.