Upon second reading, I m picturing this whole story like a 1990's version of The Andy Griffith Show! With Michael as Opie, running around the country town, fighting with his sisters, having parties at the funeral home, visiting Short-Foot Joe’s Barbershop, scrappin’ down by the ditch bank. Good old-fashioned,…

Perfectly put,”A lyrical beauty”! There was some kind of honor amongst drunks back then. Stumbling down the block, they’d always straighten up and somberly speak to my Grandma standing sentry in the screen door. Because they knew she was ‘real deal’ Christian! They also knew my uncles and would buy us little kids Now…

Mitigating potential litigation losses by hurriedly scheduling these ‘Don’t Act Racist At Work’ seminars is exactly what companies do because part of the Plajntiff’s burden of proof is to show the company knowingly allowed racist shit AND did nothing. Not just one but both.

I really, really want Michael Harriot to do some follow up with all the white 911 callers: where are they now? What repercussions did they actually face? How they view their actions after the fact and in light of the slew of others?

Yellow-ass pants?! Oh your mother knew she was wrong for that, which is why you didn’t t get a whipping. But congrats on your rep; you earned it just by showing up!

I love that Michael highlighted the lie that people tell about Black neighborhoods being dangerous for smart or nerdy kids. There actually IS a kind of sixth sense most people have for those kids on a path to greater. Yeah, I was called names and even had a few fights but by and large Teachers, Librarians and…

Y’all, let’s stop tiptoeing around what we see here. This Black man just acquiesces to this weirdo. Even after the young guy comes over and is asking him if he wants to get up, he prefers to remain on his knees?! I mean, I get that the guy has a knife but he’s also wearing a backpack. Dude couldn’t have tackled him…

“Lord knows we need vigilant career criminals on the street”

Those billboards are put up by the same generation that DEMANDS the same high reverance for their simple longevity that their parents didn’t even dream of after fighting WWII.

Hey Everyone, Sarahy2k has highjacked this thread under the guise of ‘asking questions’ to pedantically school all you inferior Blacks. Do not engage Lena Dunham’s avatar!

Are you Lena Dunham? Seriously, you are aren’t you?!

Wow, this guy was really talented! The fact that Sway and Killing Me Softly have been covered WELL by different generations of singers says it all! Lord, I love Dean Martin! Then Wonder Woman, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley themes all evoke happy childhood rerun memories! Rest well!

“I don’t think white and black and yellow and red people are all ‘equal’ i.e. the same, we all have different types of talents, dictated mostly by cultural factors.”

No Sarah! “Some white people do think black and brown people are less than. And lots of brown and black people think white people are less than. It can go both ways.” I see what you tried to do there, STOP IT!!

Everything you said! It’s not that people don’t have savings or unthrifty but the multiple hits that quickly take one from working or middle class to poverty and homelessness. Hits that are out of your control or have nothing to do with your ‘character’. It’s having a decent job but COL increases don’t keep up with…

Not sure what outcome you think I have nor am I sure of the entire purpose of your comment stream. It surely can’t be,”I’m smarter than everyone who ever took out student loans!”, especially not with only one degree. 

My grandma’s was a neighborhood like yours. We even had a scary criminal family like the Masons, The Fraziers. With 13 or 18 in total, looking alike in differing hues, they were all the baddest, fiercest fighters. I was scheduled for a 3:00 fight with my 2nd grade level Frazier, Tyrone for failing to let him ‘freak’…

What about the ALWAYS financially frugal? Those who bought houses well below what they pre-qualified for but we’re still upside down after 2008 through no fault of their own? Me! Now, my house has regained value above that of pre-2008 but I don’t trust this bubble we’re in to take that cash out! Now let’s talk about…

Adopt resting bitch face, lower you voice to quietly menacing while saying,”Get the fuck away from me. If I see you again, I’m going to kill you.” while reaching calmly into your purse and holding your gun.

“dudes who’d pretend to fall instantly in love, drop the L-word, talk about imagined future children together, all in order to secure some kind of illusory and immediate emotional intimacy (not to mention sex right away)“