I felt like I was the only kid in my high school who saw him as an irresponsible idiot instead of a hero.

I’ve maintained this since reading the book in high school: Christopher McCandless was a stupid, naive, unprepared dink who thought he could piss in Nature’s face and get away with it. He got lucky a few times, but sooner or later if you don't respect Nature it will kill you dead.

Went to his show when he was touring with Timbaland, and his band was black, his singers were black.

Yeah, okay. Whatever. He’s an asshole because of cultural appropriation, for throwing a well respected female black artist under the bus and acting like a fucking baby, for being the type of guy who has friends that will play a video of a homeless man at his wedding for laughs, and for making everything he’s involved…

Humble is something JT has never, ever been.

Like, how did he listen to that whole speech and somehow [come] away with “we are one race”

I’ve always said Timberlake was a whiny little bitch.

He also decided that starting an explainer tweet with “I feel misunderstood” was a solid idea. JT, buddy, your feelz are not central to this conversation. And if you don’t get that, maybe you are the one having issues with comprehension.

I’m not here for this “kumbaya” rhetoric that Justin is getting at.

Can we really say that someone who has been a celebrity since he was about twelve “grew up” in Memphis?

You could’ve stopped with your first sentence.

I can’t see how people don’t understand what is wrong with hijacking a post on this important speech.

The OP is calm. And right. Save that White Feminism condescension for another time.

For someone who prides himself on being the troll patrol, model male ally of Jez, you’re acting quite like a Justin with that response.

And now you can hop on over and have your time with the SCOTUS decision, in the post it’s happening on.

Number one, I’m calm. Just annoyed.

Basically, Justin Timberlake gentrified and appropriated Jesse Williams speech...then critiqued someone’s resistance.

Not unique enough, unfortunately.

He listened to that whole speech and somehow came away with “we are one race”. That is...a unique skill.

I can’t speak for any Jez authors, but I think most people got what Blake was referencing and the reaction was still “No.”