When Americans mention slavery, as they are wont to do when complaining just about any fucking thing, they are talking about the African slave trade unless they specifically mention another type of slave trade. One can discuss the similarities between the human animal and other animals without belittling the…

In fact, even though crack is simply cocaine in rock form, possessing/using/selling crack gets you much harsher sentences than if it is called good ole flashy cocaine. Because poor people, which tends to include more minorities, use crack more than they do cocaine. Crack is not made in poor neighborhoods, it is…

How very American, indeed. Slavery is an institution that affected and shaped our country in many ways, and its effects are still felt today in very real ways. I get the feeling that some people from other countries assume slavery ended one day, things were rough for a few years, and all was well, and that Americans…

Americans think of that type of slavery first. And that is what American white people are talking about when they say it.

doldrums, you are not known for your, shall we say, "racial sensitivity" on Jezebel, so it makes very little sense to attempt to educate you out of your belligerent ignorance. You simply don't care that you are being offensive; it is what you intend. So enjoy it. *shrugs* While fucking yourself, of course...

Excellent point. Might I add: Only slavery is like slavery. Having to pay taxes, being treated disrespectfully, or being paid 50k when you think you're worth 65k isn't slavery. Pretty simple, in my eyes.

I have learned in my 38 years of Blackness that you cannot argue with people ignorant enough to compare slavery to animal abuse. So no. Continue fucking yourself.

Yeah...ok. I'm totally comfortable telling you to go fuck yourself.

Because Black people are FUCKING PEOPLE! Anyone who doesn't see why it is offensive to continually compare us to animals is an idiotic asshole. As ridiculous and crazy as I am about my puglet, to say that the rape, enslavement, and genocide of Africans is comparable to anything happening with someone's pet is…

My problem with PETA, aside from them being batshit crazy and over the top (just another organization on a long list that compared something they don't like, animal abuse, to the enslavement of Africans), is that they are pitbull killers. Their policy is to kill any pitbull they can get their hands on, even if the…

Yes, you're absolutely right. I find it insulting, I was just clumsily trying to point out that an uninformed insult is not a good one. Or something like that, lol

To say someone is twerking when they are not is not an insult, it just shows ignorance about what twerking actually is. One may mean it as an insult, as many things that are associated with African Americans are meant, but a proper insult grounded in ignorance about the words one is using just doesn't cut it, in my…

Could be a hearing/vision issue.

Clearly, you don't know what twerking is. There was no twerking in this video.

I'm guessing that she was sitting and reading on her lunch break when a coworker saw her. It doesn't say she chose to bring it up with anyone.

Hmmm...interesting point. Gonna have to think on that one.

I think there is room for Black women who have a problem with the video, and for Black women who don't. The lack of offense felt by some Black women doesn't negate the offense perceived by others.

Just prepare those snappy comebacks. People are jerks and you'll attract more of your fair share.

Or how many comments are brought out of the greys, simply because of all the argumentative responses telling me that I can't possibly know what I'm talking about...

WOC who object to this kind of thing, or have a different point of view about racism that doesn't neatly fit into the approved point of view, are routinely dismissed, belittled, and/or ignored on Jezebel.