Hey so - this is off topic and would be more applicable to a Saturday social convo, but I could really really use some advice right now :/

Hearing screaming = making the connection to sex how, again? She’s not saying “magic” in the sense that men didn’t understand that childbirth happened and thought women just pulled a baby out of a hat one day, she’s saying “magic” in the sense that the mechanism of conception was not understood at all. Considering…

I don’t. Men are notoriously unobservant, and never moreso than when it comes to “ewwww, girl things.”

I’m not sure how long it lasted, but people absolutely did not know quite how babies were made. They though it was the moon, rituals, etc. Having a baby almost a year after having sex made it not so obvious that it was the sex that caused it. Also, only women give birth, so it seemed like something they were…

Damn, this kid could not be any more white. The goddamn reverse of Spinal Tap’s None More Black.

I don’t know if this is just this kid’s schtick to get back at mommy and daddy or what, but I hate people like this. He apparently believes there are no consequences in life for being a total jackass. And maybe for him there aren’t. What a useless idiot.

A couple of readers emailed me to let me know that this is not Luke’s first time getting arrested. He allegedly called a cop a “nigger” in September 2014, according to a police report.

I feel like it’s really really really not my place to tell a black woman how to feel about Rachel Dolezal. Nor is it my place to judge her feelings. And I’d be kind of uncomfortable if Bobby went there.

You need to keep in mind that this is Texas, and the battle over accurate textbooks isn’t a new one. So it’s not a good idea to assume ANYTHING is covered in the rest of the chapter, unless it parrots Tea Party agenda. And since Tea Partiers have a tendency to seriously downplay the dangers of white supremacy (up to…

“Genuinely curious” “Just saying” “Honestly”

“The Atlantic Slave Trade sold millions of Africans into forced labor on agricultural plantations in the Southeastern United States. White Americans exploited them for free labor and regarded them as an inferior race of people.”

Being an Irish-American never ceases to be embarrassing. Actually Carol, you constantly fucking whine about it. You are whining about it right now! Stop comparing the history of Irish people in this country to the history of black people, it's gross.

How is using slave twice more redundant than the word workers followed by work?

Who fucking cares if it’s redundant? Is it really worth whitewashing the history of slavery in America to avoid using “slaves” twice in one paragraph?

Another reason is that the writer was consciously trying to soften the language because they thought it would make people feel sad about American history. Which may seem farfetched except that’s what Texas school boards have made clear they want in their text books.

So you think that redundancy in using the word “slave” twice is more offensive than the fact that the word “worker” erases the depravity of the slave trade? You should really reflect on why you even asked this question in the first place.

“The Atlantic Slave Trade between the 1500s and 1800s brought millions of workers people from Africa to the southern United States to work as slaves on agricultural plantations.”

“Slaves” is the correct word. The caption - if it wants to be accurate - should read, “The Atlantic Slave Trade captured tens of thousands of Africans and brought them here by force and in chains to serve as unpaid workers in the United States.”

enslaved peoples? slaves? captives forced across an ocean in horrific inhumane conditions where they died by the hundreds and then upon arrival were sold like cattle and forced to endure back breaking labor in the glaring southern sun while constantly living in fear of being ripped away from whatever families they…

Umm... slaves. Yep. Slaves would work.