I know, right? Forget straight up racism in Boston. Ain’t nothing as “insufferable” as Oaklanders running with a Drake lyric.

There are many ways in which Dolezal is different from a transgender person, but one way is that transgenderism is a two-way street. Someone ID’d as male at birth can realize themselves as a woman and vice versa. The same is not true across races. Ijeoma Oluo would never “pass” as a white woman. In this way,…

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I’ll tackle that second question. To preface this, I am transgender and medically transitioning.

I actually think that’s very sad.

I feel you. I’m biracial (Black/White), but I identify as Black and what Megan Markle said rang so true for me. I recognize that as a light-skinned woman, I am a beneficiary of colorism in the Black community, but it doesn’t feel like any sort of a benefit—I feel fetishized, like I’m supposed to be beautiful in spite…

Imagine if this was reversed.

This is the silver lining in this awful story for me. I am completely amazed that Georgia pursued this case, used these laws to convict, and actually gave hefty sentences to these assholes.

six years on one count of violating Georgia’s street gang act

Mental illness (and substance abuse) is very real and, as a society, we should be more sympathetic to those who suffer from it. More importantly, we should be trying to get mentally ill people the help that they need so they don’t harm themselves or anyone else.

He was nothing but nice and respectful even tho the cops had no legal reason to stop him, he could have legally declined to stop and be searched, but he accepted and they still harass him about being “defensive.” thats what u have to do as a black person to lower your chances of being beaten or killed by police, give…