Yeah, you might want to work on those boundaries.

This was a very well laid-outarticle with good advice, but...

Police officers who allegedly commit murders should be given the same rights as civilians who do the same - but not a single right beyond that.

“Stereotyping is assuming facts given correlated data, so “white/black names” in itself is stereotyping and biased.”

I think the thing that makes that particular tweet stand out is that it was him calling the organization he now works for/with gay.

That only counts if you’re a cop, I think.

“he lost his life,”

“well, why did he run?”

So... They Emmitt Till’ed him. He associated with a white woman, white men didn’t like that, and they killed him over it.

On the one hand, bad taste.

Ehh.... Smith is probably one of the most versatile “Hollywood darling”s there is, really, and he’s never really played a part poorly, so I don’t think you can say he doesn’t have talent - at least, you can’t say that without forgoing Hollywood in general.

I think there is some of that fear from some conservatives and many police unions.

I think I only mostly grasp your point, but I understand that progress is moving forward (so slowly it often looks like backsliding, but moving forward nonetheless).

If you go from 20/100 to 35/100, that is still generally considered failing the test. That’s essentially where Hollywood lives right now. “You’re still failing, but not as hard. Keep at it, champ”.

We shall “live in the past” until the past is fully and completely separated from the present.

Jazz was a young man’s game, too, and then they got older.

I make it a point to avoid removing people from the greys who seem to be either trolling, or so woefully ignorant of racial issues they need to either stay the hell away from theRoot or plan to spend as much time as possible here to learn something (it’s often hard to tell).

Yep. Yes, he was driving. But he would’ve limited himself to screaming at her, if he even got out the car, had Robertson been a white woman.

You think a description of this event is as simple as “gun violence”?

I wonder if this will be the thing that gets people moving on better gun control for the mentally infirm.