She felt like her friend was being attacked and got super defensive (or, more charitably, protective). These criticisms of In the Heights are not new; they existed when it was still on stage, and yet the film adaptation still represents a Washington Heights where everybody passes the paper bag test. Hopefully the…

Thanx for doing the bare minimum, Laserface. I don’t mean that sarcastically, thank you for speaking up. 

You know for once in these comment sections could we not have some white assholes talking over PoC when it comes to colorism among their community and shouting “Teh Left is Canibalizing Itself!!!!?!!!” when the topic of colorism is even brought up? It’s not a new discussion, it’s just a discussion that’s becoming more…

“Channel 4 suggested that the real reason the MPS failed to investigate the allegations is that Prince Andrew’s name popped up in them.”

There should have been piles of dead Babbitts all over the Capitol building. The US sure knows how to go soft on white traitors.

Oop!

It doesn’t hurt to have the conversation. Boycotting or whatever else would be stupid but it’s important to have people think about their biases and do better next time.

It’s amazing to me how people can be acutely aware of their oppression while totally blind to the oppression of others. Ms. Moreno is out here talking about what is was like being the only Latina trail blazing at the time with nobody like her to look up to. Yet she doesn’t think Afro-Latina’s may be feeling the exact s…

Miranda did great. He could also do better.

Might this case of bullying be one where everyone involved just sucks?

Thank you. All of this!

It’s sad to see The Root’s comment section going out like this. But I guess seeing less and less comments from long-time commenters means deep down we knew it would come to this eventually?

Yeah, but...

When one apologizes, one is not entitled to forgiveness or absolution. If the apology is truly sincere, then prove it by doing better next time. Saying “my bad” is a nice first step but look at the history of race in this (and many other countries) and with a straight face tell me you think that asking for forgiveness…

You’re white, huh?

They could have made the core cast EPs and have them present in the writers’ room or at least giving notes throughout the process. It would have given the core cast a pay bump and addressed the representation issues.

DC: “Batman doesn’t do that. Superheroes are selfish lovers.”

counterpoint: you’re a disingenuous fuckwad. 

It’s weird to say, but...Batman canonically fucks. Like, most of Tom King’s run on Batman is showing that Batman Fucks, and that Catwoman Loves It. It’s weird that they’d draw this line when King is out here writing a whole ass miniseries about Batman and Catwoman just going to town on one another. Sure other stuff…

“..we had a moment where Batman was going down on Catwoman. And DC was like, “You can’t do that. You absolutely cannot do that.”