But you are focused on skin color, whereas I am not. Skin color is one part of the equation in how a person looks. I have seen very light skinned biracial people (I am one). It’s the full look. But that’s what I was pointing out - Paris Jackson has nothing to her that would even suggest African American ancestry,…

I don’t have an issue with somebody using their clothing to announce their beliefs or anything along those lines - that’s their prerogative. My issue is when charity is used to promote consumption. When you spend $700 on a shirt, it’s nice that the money goes towards Rihanna’s charity. Now, I am sure that Dior,…

But I think the differences are a few:

I’m a biracial person who was born white skinned, platinum blonde hair, blue eyes. Many of my biracial/mixed friends note that it is fairly common for mixed people to be born relatively “light” and darken over time. Janet’s baby is - what - 3 months or less? His appearance will likely change over time, just like most…

But she’s not. If she were a “convert” she’d truly believe the things she says. The article makes very clear that the author does not believe this - more that she’s learned that race is a concept that she can manipulate to advance herself, so that’s what she does. She’s willing to claim whiteness when it works (like…

Look at the Paris Jackson mess. Most of the threads on Jez devolve into POC saying “it is highly unlikely that woman is 50% African American” and a cadre of white women leaping in to argue “genetics are were, omg, you don’t know.” When in reality, what we are saying that is “We have eyes with which to see.” It seems…

I wish more people would challenge her on even “identifying” as black. I compare her to somebody like John Howard Griffin, who you might know as the guy who wrote Black Like Me in the 60s. Basically, he was a white guy who intentionally altered his appearance to appear as a black man and then spent 6 weeks traveling…

NYC does not have a housing shortage - NYC has an AFFORDABLE housing shortage. Plenty of places are still being built, renovated, etc. The problem is that developers are not committing to affordable housing and the city, which could be more aggressive in forcing their hand, fails to do anything about that. It is not…

There is a massive rumor circulating around Boston (where I have family who let me know) that some inmates were coming forward to allege that Hernandez has been having sexual contact with men in prison, and supposedly he couldn’t stand the idea of being seen as “gay.” Not saying that’s the truth, but that’s what is…

Yeah, this is one of those times where it’s the wrong person, for the wrong reasons, doing the right thing. I have heard from multiple people that the H1B program is in desperate need of reform, oversight and crackdown. So....I will wait and see on this one. Not unleashing the hounds just yet.

Homelessness is infuriating on its own - but child homelessness is a particular brand of noxious. One can argue that an adult makes choices and can live with the consequences of those choices, but a child does not.

I’m not sure Gibb made it more “feasible.” Switzer isn’t really a big deal simply for running - Gibb did that before her. I think Switzer is a big deal because she was the first woman who refused to try to “act” like a man to get in. It was pretty audacious to show up to a race that technically did not admit women in…

The part of the story I always loved is that she wanted everybody to know she was a woman - some women before had run dressed in men’s clothing to avoid detection in races. She originally showed up to run in a burgundy women’s running outfit with shorts, earrings and a full face of makeup. She put the sweatsuit on…

No, I’m addressing things you have said. Your whole argument is specious for reasons I pointed out before - that it is quantitative superiority that empowers any particular belief system in a society, not its moral structure.

Except again, you’ve linked to 1.) does not speak to any social, theological or philosophical consensus - in fact, it notes that there is great disagreement amongst scholars. If we’re getting into “words mean things” let me note that a “fact” is generally understood to mean an objective truth that can supported with…

I did, which is why I can argue that it’s bunk. It’s a matter of opinion stated as a factual matter, which is why your argument is specious to begin with. There’s nothing really more than that. You stated that Buddhism...was nearly “not a religion at all.” You’ve stated something as fact, but as I pointed out, that is…

But you haven’t defended the position - you’ve just dug a deeper hole. You’ve stated a matter of opinion as a matter of fact - but then again, you’ve been doing that since this thread started, so I’m not sure why I have expectations of you that you may improve beyond that.

It varies by jurisdiction - some jurisdictions already provide victims services as policy to young child victims, but that’s not standard by any means. There are a few reasons I know of as to why advocates are not favored for young kids:

Why would they? The Catholic lobby is adamantly against SOL reform, which is not a part of these changes. What do you see in it that the Church lobby would oppose?

Because some other localities have tried “advocates” in the past and gotten burned by them. Advocates for victims are great if trained correctly and they are aware of not overstepping their bounds. However, some of them, while super well-intentioned, can overstep the bounds of mere victim support and go into areas…