I’m sorry you had to devote so much time to schooling me because I couldn’t POSSIBLY know that ‘Oakland booty’ is code for a black woman’s posterior, being close to 50 years old, from a mixed race family and having lived in CA for many years.

Thanks for the think piece, though.

Editorial Standards and Gawker mix like oil and water.

word has it the article was edited to mention the song after posting and comments went up

Judging from the comments, this article seems to be heavily edited before I read it. I’m pretty sure it’s been edited again since I started reading them.

Wow. Kiss your mother with that mouth? Byeeeee!

Now that *is* good news.

Actually what she said is “LA face with an Oakland booty” referring to a song about big butts because that picture artificially makes her butt look big and she knows it.

But it is the point. Because the point is what was in her head when she did it. I understand what you’re saying she’s done, and why that is objectionable. I just don’t think we can reasonably conclude that’s what happened without being really presumptuous. Who’s to say her thought process was any more involved than…

When this story was first published around midnight, the reference was not included. They added it in after all the initial comments...without including an Editor’s Note. Didn’t expect journalistic integrity from Jezebel anyway.

You know they had to edit the story to mention the song, right? Are you new here? Let me get you started by mentioning Jezebel isn’t known for its journalistic integrity. See Anna Merlan.

apparently, 7! no thread may exist without it! CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF “BABY GOT BACK” WAS MOCKING WHITE RACISM TOWARD BLACK WOMEN’S BODIES?

Thereis no editorial at Gawker. Author changed article later after comments started to poor in.

Literally how many times are you going to post that?

Article was edited to add reference to the song AFTER commenters pointed out that she was quoting BGB.

The reference to the song was added later, after commenters pointed this out to the author. Read the whole comment section and you will see.

The article was changed after commenters pointed out that they had missed the point that she was quoting the song.

How can they get clicks if they dont make up controversies?

Age is no excuse here. Baby Got Back is timeless.

Is....is this not just her quoting Sir Mix-A-Lot? I mean, she does have some junk in her trunk...

Seriously, how old are you? It’s not *her* comparison, the caption references “Baby Got Back”.