Locally, this whole situation is like rolling over a log in the woods and seeing what bugs and worms are all seething underneath. I've seen a lot of folks' true selves as this has unfolded. All the policewives on my Facebook feed are "la la la we can't hear you, police are nothing but angelic creatures, delete me…
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disrespect and lack of common courtesy abounds these days .
I know I've seen news articles every now and then about schools banning cornrows because they're associated with "gang culture" or cornrows being banned from the workplace. These places always come under fire for being racist but by then the damage is done.
Fuck everything. What sociopath sets a memorial on fire?
I wish there was a gif for this, but I have yet to find it. Morgan Murphy saying something to the effect of, "a white guy with cornrows is just looking at you right in the eye saying, 'I don't know the difference between right and wrong'."
Just one cornrow or a couple on the side is really cool [as opposed to a headful], but they have to be on the right person with the right clothing.
Wait for the followup story about a black woman getting told she needs to remove the braids she wears for being "severe."
Let us never forget-
They're definitely trolling you, Kara, Our Lady of Killing It. But that's ok because it gives us more of your articles to read.
I struggle SO hard with this logic and where it came from. I am a white lady. I grew up in a town of almost *entirely* white people. Diversity was being Protestant. I didn't live near or have friends who had varying skin tones, hair types and facial structures until college. Notwithstanding ALL of this, I cannot…
Holy shit if you had told me this was an Onion article, I would have believed it 100%.
Cornrows for all!
Pfft. Every white girl I knew got cornrows in high school.
Callie, have you found any information on where people can donate to Mrs. Whalen's legal defense fund and/or expense mitigation for her family? That would be a very helpful tidbit to highlight if available, thanks!
it's easy to say what we would have done in the same position from a removed place. Let's just say my mom would have been selling her plasma and taking out payday loans to pay the $300-500 for a safe medical procedure performed by a licensed professional she ever, EVER considered ordering medication online from a…
Yeah, and if they'd sentenced her to a class on why you should only get pharmaceuticals from a licensed pharmacy and some amount - even a large amount - of community service I'd say you had a point. But 12-18 months behind bars? That's excessive. She's not a risk to the community, she's not going to reoffend, and she…
There was no public transportation and they couldn't afford for BOTH PARENTS to take off two days of work to take their ONE CAR to get this done. They also didn't have the money for the abortion. She didn't really have another solution. Not really.