Darn it, I was hoping for an award.

Do Americans really sing the national anthem at every sporting event? Even high school basketball games? Does this not get incredibly tiresome?

Erry'body gets a trophy!

But that doesn't mean she's not well-read. Some people have trouble with verbal communication. That doesn't mean there aren't alternative ways to articulate a point.

I'll share too. This is my workout:

i'm white. i'll never have someone tell me that my hair is "nappy." i'll never hear weave jokes or get told that my hair is naturally dirty. i can wear my hair naturally, and no one will ever care. harmful stereotypes regarding black people's hair will never affect me negatively, but just because i'm white doesn't…

Goodness. For people who think this is "just about hair," open a friggin' history book. The Pencil Test (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil_te… is a perfect example of how hair has been used to openly and systematically discriminate against Blacks. These racist attitudes and discriminative practices don't just…

Why are you here right now then? Here on Jezebel? Go play some video games or watch some sports or some shit.

No. It's not just hair. It's about conforming to an European ideal. An ideal that my sister and I fought our own black father on every time we wanted to wear our own hair natural. It is deeply ingrained and I shouldn't have to feel like I have to straighten my hair to get a fucking job every place I interview. I…

Imagine if she'd looked at Mindy Kaling and said "Her hair looks like it smells like curry." Can you see how it's not ACTUALLY about the hair?

Dreadlocks have been around since, oh, the dawn of human history. Just because you associate them with Jamaicans and weed doesn't give that connection a teensy, tinsy bit of validity. Had you typed "dreadlocks" into Google and opened Wikipedia (which is the second link down after the Z/G scandal), you would have found…

If only it were just about hair. In the 18th Century, Black women in America were banned from showing their hair in public. Black women who don't conform to white beauty standards are regularly discriminated against. The fact that Giuliana associated Zendaya's hair with "patchouli and weed" is not only stunningly…

Yes, I had to take deep breaths and draw inspiration from her calm approach several times this evening. And I am grown.

So, of course, I hate her, because I am a bitter and resentful of beautiful people who seem to succeed at being really fucking decent.

Well, speaking extemporaneously and writing a statement are different things. Perhaps she's not as gifted at the first, or maybe she didn't like the questions she was asked or maybe she gets nervous or maybe a million things. But because she's not the best at speaking off the cuff, you don't think she can sit down, do…

I'm really impressed that she brought to light our prejudices hiding under the surface. That's the real issue. We make this automatic association and need to stop ourselves. Well done.

That is very cool! I was impressed enough that she wrote the original statement. Knowing she took time to calm down and research and really think through a response...I'm so much more impressed. I need her sitting next to me every time I go off half cocked on someone's FB feed.

Knowing that she did that research herself makes me super happy, because she name checks my friend / mentor / former academic adviser as one of the brilliant people with dreads and I have loved watching them blushingly deal with this strange brush with fame. And I love having my nerd world overlap with my gossip…

A lesser person would have crumbled or lashed out, but she has capitalized on this opportunity to make a statement about who she is. Bravo.

And for anyone who doubted she wrote that original statement herself....she flat out says she did here. Can she give classes on how to be awesome and classy?