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And Texas, and North Dakota. I'm willing to bet most of the schools in the us are divided like that.

I admit to havinng been clueless until recently, more like . It also makes me cringe when I hear people that whine about "big government" and lack of freedom be completely fine with these gross abuses of power. It disgusts me.

Haha this reminds me of that Dave Chapelle stand up. His comment about newsweek printing the police brutality stories. Starts around 8:35

It sounds like these knucklehead cop-wannabes were looking for an excuse to beat someone up, not using force because it was necessary. Maybe they were looking for someone to make an example of, and ended up being the example themselves: examples of racist assholes given too much power. Typical results.

I'm with you. I shall not utter his name either. My family worked real hard to get most of us into the "white collar" world and we want more wealth like most Americans. NO amount of money can make me forget how unfairly the black , Latino and Asian friends I've grown up have been treated throughout their lives for no…

Please, please, PLEASE, fellow Jezzies, don't feed the racist trolls. Don't pull them out of the grays. Dismiss any responses that are direct replies to you. Giving them attention just gives them exactly what they want and ensures that more readers have to suffer through their assholery. Make Jezebel a happier place…

Fuck the word articulate.

If I could star you 100 times I would. I don't even call him by his name anymore. To me and my sister he's new black no 2. Kanye is number 1, Raven Symone is number 3, and it hurts me to say it, but Common is now a member at number 4.

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"I really hope Martese Johnson- an educated, articulate, well-dressed black man can finally open some people's eyes"

Also, POC are feeling safer speaking up. And if you think about it, if this is the 'safer' world that they feel like they have the freedom to speak up, then the world is fucked up.

It should matter in one way, in the way the op-ed points out: the fact that he fit the stereotype of "a good one" used by racists to pretend they're not racist (cause see, they like "the good ones" it's just "the bad ones" they dislike! obviously!) and was beaten anyway shows that really it doesn't matter how "good"…

Yeah, it's a REAL tragedy when "an educated, articulate, well-dressed black man" gets the shit kicked out of him. Not like those other thugs.

I can't believe they didn't drop the charges. I hope he not only beats the charges but also sues them into smitherines.

It shouldn't matter that he's educated and well-dressed and adorable. IT SHOULDN'T FUCKING MATTERRRRRRR AARRRGGGHHHH

I don't know the details but given how this country treats black people I don't find it implausible that we are missing nothing and there is no in between.

Same in many parts of North Carolina

Back to 1963? This is how it's always been (for black people). The only difference is social media documents it and makes it impossible (for white people) to ignore, although many are still doing their damndest to try.

While Pharrell is in his sheltered bubble talking about being a New Black, our folks are over here being subjected to New Lynchings, New Jim Crow and now New Slavery.