I gave an example of Calvin Harris changing his name to name he thought was stereotypically black in order to sound as black as possible.

So Quiet_Loudly tried to keep her response away from this thread by responding to a none related comment I made. So for your viewing displeasure:

So go be sad.

I remember watching the PBS American Experience documentary on the Freedom Riders, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomriders/

Well, there’s money in directing the VA to contract with friends, allies, or affiliates, which is one of the things discussed in the report. But I don’t think the main issue is the possibility for graft. It’s that a few inexperienced, wealthy old men are treating one of our most important federal agencies as a pet…

The postal service has a unique place within our government. It basically runs as a non-profit would. It has never had major issues with money, being funded by postage and shipping supplies. Until the repubs decided it would be a good target to privatize. Every single financial issue the usps has now was intentionally…

This reply to you tho, is why I’m always like, you can fellate these white people if you want to, but I am going to sit here and eat my food.

On one hand, yes we need allies. But they have to GET IT.

Pollo is a prolific GMG troll (this must be what passes for a full-time gig in his world), so feel free to ignore/dismiss his dim ass.

The VA is the largest healthcare system in the US and it has it’s issues but Bone Spurs and his cabal of feckless cronies have no interest in solving those issues or doing anything at all to benefit veterans. The VA is nothing more than a cash cow and a perfect target for Trump’s one true over-riding policy of Solu…

“Allyship is a 24/7 job, and there’s a lot of white people trying to pull part time shifts.”

I look at it as let’s not diminish the contributions of those who put significant skin in the game. All of those who provided underground railroad stops, all those who lobbied for the abolishment of slavery, all of the normal citizens who treated black-folk as equals who were called ninjalovers for doing so and never…

I agree with the general idea of what Spike is saying, but I also think black and white people take allyship for granted in a lot of ways. I definitely appreciate any white person who is willing to use their privilege to speak up for POC, especially when there aren’t any POC around when they’re doing it, but for me…

Tangentially related: That stupid ass new Johnny Depp movie (whose release date was indefinitely postponed) about a white detective (played by Depp, obvs.) investigating Biggie’s murder. Like seriously, you’re gonna make a movie about one of the biggest figures in hip hop ever but only as it relates to his death and…

I read this story yesterday and I am still completely floored by it. It’s so over the top. Such a perfect distillation of the corruption and over-confidence of wealth.

I bet those vets who sent Trump presents feel pretty stupid now.

Trump has no knowledge of politics, hires people who have no knowledge of politics and tries to run a country. #impeach

I thought he always sought foreign approval before announcing a policy…

“Nobody loves the military like I do”

But kneeling football players are disrespecting our veterans!