I was talking specifically of the context of slave children on American plantations, which is what the author brought up. Being lightskinned might usually mean greater acceptance by a racist society, but under American chattel slavery it just meant a far higher likelihood of sexual abuse.
Then you bear this man’s mixed-race children, and they too start to benefit from the dynamic of colorism over the other slaves who didn’t have this same relationship.
I remember seeing one ad a few years ago with a black man who stated that he knew what would be found but was surprised when there was other information about pre and post slavery ancestors. That was about the only time there was a sort of oblique mention of slavery - basically it’s understood that a black person in…
Uh have you seen Russell Wilson’s offensive line? They have allowed this man to get sacked more than any other QB the last two seasons. They should be thanking him that he didn’t hire someone to beat the hell out of them. Shows what a good man he is. Remember when all the defensive players on The Seahawks were shit…
This is a really beautiful tribute to his wife and a good legacy for their sons. Too often childbirth is seen as some thing women can just do and too many ignore the toll it can take on a woman. Throw in racial and socioeconomic biases and for-profit hospitals that would boot mother and child as soon as the fingers…
Jim Nantz was doing his best to get El Tigre to cry. “Just tell us how it feels. And I mean how it really feels. Deep down in your soul. Think of your kids. And your deceased father. How does it feel? Just tell us."
With a new cop worship show premiering every other week on TV, can we get someone with the balls to produce a show that deals with storylines like these? Ones where the cops fuck up, then get away with it?
I’m happy for Wendy. I wouldn’t wish that kind of trifling on anyone. Life is way too short to spend a second of it caught up in some ol’ bullshit. Hopefully better days are in her future.
The Healthy Start program is a federally funded public health initiative targeted at reducing maternal-infant mortality and morbidity. The program isn’t funded enough, and probably won’t be in this current administration. Contact your congressional representatives to demand an increase in funding. …
When I first moved to Maryland, me, my mom and my sister lived with her boyfriend, his son and his daughter. His son was my age. And even though I didn’t know what the concept of “being gay” really meant, I definitely knew that he liked boys. And I was like...5 or 6.
What’s fascinating is that if a young boy says he has a crush on a girl or likes girls, everyone thinks it’s cute! No one thinks of sex in that moment, and likely the young boy doesn’t either. It’s just a vibe, and everyone is okay with it.
This, my sister knew too, but never came out to us until she was 21. We cried with her because we were so happy.
This right here though. I live in DC, witnessed this sham of a complex being built, have visited people who lived in said complex, and can tell you first hand that the Shay is a piece of sh*t. You can hear your upstairs neighbor coughing from the floor below. Complain to your crappy building management, not to the…