*headdesk* at how this thread has become exactly what the author was trying to avoid.

I have to admit that I'm a bit confused here, too. I'm curious where the brightline on 'people of color' falls, because I wouldn't have heaped ethnic Jews as "POC" more than I would, say, my southern Italian cousins. Maybe I'm wrong. . .

I'm genuinely curious what definition of "people of color" you're using.

LOL sorry, Jewish people are not "people of color". Stop. Just stop.

Max Read's Rules? No, but I've seen some people reference it.

To be fair, it was only served during their Pol Potluck night.

Does this mean I should change the name of my restaurant's famous "Chicken 'Pol Pot' Pie"?

But I mean, the word Nazi has such a long a storied history that has nothing to do with Adolf Hitler. Shouldn't we just try to take it back? With pasta? So that no one has to feel threatened by it?

Kay.

Are you really saying jokey pictures of naked cartoon characters (in an article you have to choose to click on, with a NSWF warning) are in any way comparable to rape and gore gifs of actual people sent to people without warning?

Yes, we will do that on the same day that anyone gives a shit about what you think.

as a Clueless White Girl, I thank you for the clarification and the education. (that's sincere, not sarcastic)

Maybe it was a kinja reference. Nobody wants to be compared to kinja.

Kara is Black. Her picture is RIGHT THERE.

I AM WHITE AND AM CONFUSED BY THE VERNACULAR IN THIS PIECE. IS THIS A GOOD PLACE TO ASK ABOUT IT?

Because the use of the vernacular was very appropriate in this context.

"Where all of these comments will stay at the bottom"

You believe in reverse racism?

Target the people that said "only white guys can race"

I once found out a boyfriend was cheating when I was visited a new friend's apartment for the first time a few days after Valentine's Day. She had on her mantle the exact same card that my boyfriend had given me. We laughed about it when I mentioned it and she picked it up to read to me what her boyfriend had written…