It really depends on where they fit on the intersectionality pyramid. This pyramid needs to be drawn up in color And posted on government buildings all over this country. Anyone who violates the code of this pyramid should be sent to a reeducation camp.

Can a black person be racist against a white immigrant from Bosnia who is a Muslim?

Yes, there are ignorant folks in just about every community. It’s a shame that people automatically view Bettie Cook Scott as some sort of representative of black people in her area when her 11% primary result demonstrates the exact opposite.

so is coming together and working together. We’re stronger together than we are apart.

Open government via open electronic communication is the most basic technical path to minimizing corruption (which is the single greatest problem facing government), but having honest, loving, selfless people who truly want to be “public servants” is the only path to having good leadership.

You’re right. The only people allowed to comment on this story should be those who fit into the right places on your oppression chart.

Believe it or not, people other than whites can be racist.

Blacks can’t be racist.

If The Root does cover this story, it will be followed by 50 comments justifying these statements on the basis of how Asians, as an ethnic group, are benefiting from white privilege in order to exploit the black community.

“There’s a longstanding animosity between black and Asian Americans, due in large part to their relative proximity to whiteness and the privileges it brings.”

“Scott’s comments show that the resentment that some black Americans feel towards Asians, and vice-versa, is still a deep-seated issue.”

I don’t see the problem. She was just using humor in order to “punch up “ against an ethnic group that will be considered “White” within 10 years.

Not the kind of comments you would normally make ... and yet you made them in public, in ear shot of many and then got after Ms. Chang’s husband.

Will TheRoot cover this story?

Aretha Franklin is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice.

Jack, relax, your going to give yourself a heart attack. Getting that worked up over a tweet seems a bit excessive. Maybe consider taking up yoga, drinking decaf. Getting a nice hot stone massage. Just... yeah.. your way too angry for being a privileged white male who gets to edit the content of clickbait websites for…

I Imagine Aretha is up there with that Frederick Douglass, who’s doing a tremendous job, and of whom I’m hearing great things

Aretha Franklin wasn’t a “genius” imho, she was simply a really great vocalist and nothing more. I mean, these are all the songs she wrote by herself: