You make a valid point.

This is a phenomenal article, because of some phenomenal kids and teachers. Those pictures give me a glimmer of hope amidst all of this fuckery.

I read/skim grey posts. I just noticed these two (one wrote some kind of War and Peace thing with a lot of links?) My pity bone almost kicked in.

Thanks for the link, Rooo.

“Speak-to-your-managerials”

I laughed so hard at this, my cat died.

They overlap. It’s not difficult to see why.

Thank you for a respectful and thoughtful response.

I’m late to the game here, but thanks for writing a piece about something that too often gets overlooked.

Counterpoint: Look around you. Who are the majority of poor people? Black/brown people.

Your jib..

“...The appropriate behavior of a white person in a Black space is to shut up and chill. Chat when spoken to but don’t be extra and don’t try to fill up the room. This isn’t the place to act like the starring cast, you’re a damn extra.™®©”

That’s when a white person SHOULD step in and say “excuse me ma’am, I couldn’t help but overhear this woman clearly state several times that she doesn’t need any help. You’re embarrassing yourself. Perhaps you’d consider helping the ::insert random number:: of customers that *have* been wandering around looking for…

“Mocha-Choca-Lata Ya Ya”

“I..!

“Missing the bigger point! Party of...holy fuck...seriously?? Your table is ready!”

“I am not making excuses”

How do you train racists not be racist? If they want to “retrain” perhaps they need to stop doing what most corporations to: tippytoe around the issue of racism.