You're right about being terrified. Admitting that what they previously thought might not be okay is a scary concept for some. Hell, I've done and said things that are truly atrocious and horribly racist. HOWEVER, I'm actively trying to avoid being like that anymore and moving past it. I think one of the issues with…

There's something extra special about white people who whine that people of color should just "get over it" when they have racial epithets hurled at them and then throw massive temper tantrums about how "mean" and "unfair" it is when white people get called racist.

Wow, Chris Brown is gonna be hella disappointed when he finds out beating cancer isn't what he thinks it is.

Jezzies, a friendly reminder, if you are tempted to wade into the Greys, not to feed the more unsavory creatures* lurking there.

Yeah, and if I'm completely honest, I've been a part of it by not speaking up when I knew I should have — mostly because I honestly felt that a) nothing would have happened and b) any solution implemented would have probably had a negative impact on me.

Sounds like you're the misinformed one.

Abigail,

YES YES YES YES YES. THANK YOU!

Your argument for Miss Fisher is to attack the person who wrote about her rather than the arguments she put forth. I see.

Did anyone else notice the African-American news anchor in the background who is 110% done with Abigail Fisher's shit? Because that photobomb is my favorite part of this whole ordeal.

Why is it people always get so upset about Affirmative Action but not about legacies? For some reason we're ok with the historically advantaged having a leg-up over the rest of us, but not the historically disenfranchised.

Tolkein himself said that if he had to do things over, he wouldn't have written a series where it's implied that an entire race of creatures is inherently evil.