internalized racism is a hell of a drug

It’s kind of a matter of  nature vs nurture?

If Rachel from a young age grew up in a family/community of black people, then I would not look upon her in disgust. As someone pointed out race is greatly impacted by surrounding society.

I can conceive of someone fully identifying as a race or ethnicity other than what they appear to be. For example, I know of a young White woman who was raised in a Black family and community from the age of 8. I’m not surprised she is more comfortable with Black people than White. I’m not surprised her family…

Yeah, I know. Rachel or Dolezal isn’t “ethnic” sounding, but Nkechi Amare Diallo definitely is.

Sadly this is not even close to being anything new. There’s at least two or three cases a year of people dying during exorcisms, including sometimes in the United States. In 2011 a Virginia man beat a two-year-old to death in exorcism. In 1997 a Korean woman was beaten to death in California during an exorcism. And a…

I think a great deal of the population already interprets “religious freedom” as code for christians being able to discriminate against various minorities, not as the principles of secularism and equal respect for minority faiths the founders clearly intended.

Sebastian Gorka tried and failed to establish a right-wing political party of his own in Hungary. But since moving to the United States he and his wife have been much more successful establishing themselves as a joint political force. In July 2016, Sebastian said that Trump had been reaching out to him privately for…

My spending weakness continues to be restaurants so I’m going to focus on that in March. Honestly, I’ve tried pretty much every strategy for cutting back and the method that works best is cash only, so I’ll be doing that.

Yes! The female version of “business casual” is........... business casual. It isn’t “cocktail attire.” Don’t make your female anchors wear some ridiculous dress and heels if all the guys are wearing a jacket and tie.

Nothing wrong with “dressing up” if that’s what you want to do, but if you’re delivering the news, I might take you more seriously if you’re not wearing something that doesn’t involve rhinestones or racer back straps. And it’s not like an occasional occurrence - nearly every woman on-air is now expected to be…

No, you are right. I am 50 (though I’m sorry, I look literally a decade younger than her) and SHE IS TOO OLD. Actually, 10 is too old. You are in a room of leaders of higher education in the Oval Office. Stand up, straighten your clothes, SHOW SOME DEFERENCE AND RESPECT.

Gaga should do a “Telephone” performance with Beyoncé Skyping in from some insanely elaborate master bed setup.

“How can white privilege be a thing when I was arrested for threatening a child with a gun?” - These fucknuts, probably

In my twelve years as a resident in Orlando, I can say with 100% certainty that white people only verbalize this shit when there are a hell of a lot more white people than whichever group they’re tossing around threats/insults.

Just had a conversation with someone that allowed a boy to get into the National Honors Society after giving me (a black teacher) a Nazi salute. She goes, “I’ve thought about it a lot. I sat that boy down and asked, ‘What were you thinking?’ and he said, ‘I wasn’t thinking’ and —-”

I know with absolute certainty the following:

People bring up Michelle as a comparison because the GOP couldn’t get her name out of their goddamned mouths. Nobody much would have cared had Valerie Jarrett did it; most people didn’t even know who she was. I’m kind of surprised that you’re suprised by the comparison, honestly.

Please, let's not call this "rape." I'm sure that birth can sometimes be traumatic, but calling it "rape" does a real disservice to survivors.