When I was in 1st or 2nd grade we went on a class trip to see some kids movie. This was in the 80s and double features were the norm. We missed the first showing of the kid movie but we were allowed to go in for the second feature. Which was Wolfen. I don’t remember being scared, just confused as to what was going on.…

So true and, unfortunately, all of this media attention can turn the focus away from actually discussing racism. It’s all about removing the symbol but not addressing what the symbol means for a lot of people. But, then again, addressing racism openly and honestly requires a level of empathy and logic that has been…

How hard would it have been to find a non-black guy to interview, though? Did no one even consider the possibility that, considering what’s currently been going on in the news, it may have been perceived negatively when only black men are featured in an piece about violent crime? Or that, in doing so, they’re feeding…

Okay my Kindle and Kinja both managed to fuck with me last night and I can’t go back to edit my reply. The woman in the video is definitely throwing an epic hissy fit. She was wrong from the get go and blew up. The police didn’t just show up out of no where and it was pretty clear that she was not going to go quietly.…

The problem is that this is normal cop behavior. It’s like there’s no sense of scale in terms of response and no understanding that meeting out of control behavior with hyper aggressive behavior is only going to make things worse. When the person you’re dealing with is already at eleven you don’t come in at twelve if…

The cops didn’t need to escalate the situation by getting overly physical, especially with the kids. That’s on them for opting to do that. Yes, these people are angry and resisting - people do that when they’re already upset and are convinced that they didn’t do anything worth having the police called. Even more so if…

You realize that the NAACP is not like a First Nations tribe, right? You don’t have the prove your race or ethnicity in order to join or work for them. She could have easily been hired if she presented as white and white people have been in leadership positions in the NAACP before. It’s usually against policy in most…

My question is what, exactly, is her determination of being white vs being black? What values, experiences, etc...make her more black than white? I get embracing and being embraced by black people and black culture. I get how growing up in a majority black or any other racial/ethnic neighborhood would make you feel…

Me, too. I’ve totally moved past my currently physical form in my mind and spirit. This back fat? Totally just a remnant of my past identity

This goes way beyond identifying with and loving all things black - whatever those things may be. Plenty of non-black people get into black fashion, music and culture without having to become black. Plenty of people identify with the struggle of black people and want to work to end racism and inequality. That doesn’t…

I’m so sorry for your loss. Those mementos are so beautiful. I like the diamond idea as well.

Odds are she knows someone at the company. You can hire a private ambulance but usually not for prom

Social work, terrifyingly enough. I talked to her a while ago and she’d become a teacher.

I didn’t know that originally. I can still see why the NAACP wouldn’t have tried to verify her race since its pretty much the same concept - you can opt not to indicate your race on employment forms. An interviewer didn’t or wouldn’t ask, at least not about race. I do wonder if there were any other inconsistencies…

Which does raise the question of how/why this never popped up before but, then again, people tend not to want to ask whether someone is ‘really’ white or black for fear of coming off as an ignorant asshole. It’s not unreasonable that, especially in hiring, someone would look at her degree, see Howard, and assume that…

I haven’t refused outright but I am leery if I know that a friend/associate is a bad tipper or just unreasonably difficult. Usually I’ll try to suggest either ordering in or going to a buffet because then the only thing you have to worry about is servers refilling drinks not having to take apart and then reconstruct…

I had a former co-worker who took her 3 year old to see it because she felt it was important for her daughter to see how Jesus had suffered. I think I must have looked at her like she grew an extra head and I’m pretty sure I asked her how she thought her 3 year old had even understood what was going on. Never mind how…

Students don’t have to disclose their race on their admissions applications. Many do, either out of habit or to be in the running for any minority funds that might be available, but it’s not mandatory. Even if they met her face-to-face, I can admissions people just assuming - as they did - that she was black because…

I can see her ethnicity not coming up because of the assumption that a white woman wouldn’t want to work for the NAACP, that any person applying for the position would, naturally, be black. Just like a person applying for ethnic or culturally specific group would be a member of said group. Considering that black…

I can totally believe it. Especially if she though this was romantic as opposed to scary as all hell.