“It’s not because of racism, it was something else.” -Racists

If the truth hurts your(or any other white person’s) feelings enough to make you stop fighting “with and for” us, then, you weren’t fighting “for” us anyway. Your intentions were not honorable and we are better with you gone. On behalf of black people everywhere, we thank you for your leaving.

I’m white, and we should be fighting for racial justice because it’s the right thing to do. If you want to give up the fight because a Black person hurts your feelings, that makes you a racist. Black people are not responsible for making sure you are comfortable at all times. And your own personal comfort level really…

Hi “i am Jack’s Smirking Revenge,” your comment didn’t “disappear,” I simply hadn’t gotten to it yet (there are a lot, and I am going through all while also doing other things). Not sure what other contact you’ve had or attempted to have with TheRoot, but I don’t see any insights or Qs from you on the piece under…

Yes! Drag him (her?) to hell!

Hello “Gibraltar1,”

The many ways white people are trying to twist themselves to come up with counter reasons is proof racism is underlying all their “distrust”.

Uh huh. Is it possible that Breed walked a fine line between a) ‘going with the flow’ of power on the BOS when Lee was mayor from self-preservation (to make sure she would retain appeal to voters beyond her district, which is absolutely necessary, given the dynamism of the city’s population in the past decade, and b)…

Hi — I moved too fast. I am aware that London as a supervisor represents the Fillmore, not Bayview-HP; I have corrected the piece. As for the rest of your comment, thanks for sharing your opinion. I totally disagree. And I am pretty put off by your suggesting I am ‘assuming’ that Breed will be a good mayor just…

You ain’t lying tho. My peeps have had season tickets for 20+ years.. through allll the bad teams and now that they started wining over the past few years.. not only are they moving to SF, but those chumps fill the stadium even now The only upside is my bro sold championship game tickets to those chumps for $3k per…

Sigh. Sorry you’re in the midst of it. It can be very discombulating, as it is basically gaslighting. The micro-aggressions happen in lots of settings in San Francisco. Like I said, it is my hometown. I have lived it.

To presume this of Breed is a particular kind of leap.

I agree 100%. I moved here in 2006, and aside from literally 2 jobs where people were actually open-minded (and not from SF, BTW), I had to know someone. It’s a series of “Hmmm... I don’t know about that guy.” Even when I’ve clearly shipped more titles and launched more apps than any other applicant. The Marina-ites…

ALSO, I just want to throw this out there re: San Francisco

I’m a black guy who’s lived in San Francisco since 2000.

Want to be completely flabbergasted? Read Ronen’s actual reasoning. It is so two-faced I don’t even know how she could say it and not realize how duplicitous she is being.

S.F. is liberal..for gay white men, rich white men and women and... that’s it. The City has NEVER welcomed black people, ever. The disdain they hold for the better side of the Bay, the East Bay is all about blackness and brownness. Full Stop.

Black women are always at the forefront of everything Black and take all of the beatings and then have to come to their homes and worry about Black men harming them as well. It’s a damn shame and us Black men can’t help elevate the Black community without elevating Black women and LGBT people.

Omg this article is fucking perfect.

Let me find my seat real quick because the umar stans are coming.