Ooh. They’re coming after me now. Fun.

You are not Black. You are a liar and an impostor who dabbles in racist stereotypes and respectability politics. Our communities and countries are still young, and your statements ignore the very recent history of segregation, colonialism, imperialism and exploitative interference from outside interests that plagues…

Because when we’re fighting for black people we’re told we’re doing it wrong.

Modern Family is palatable at best to me. If there’s nothing better on, I wouldn’t go so far as to just turn the whole TV off... probably.

I personally think it’s a twisted slave master mentality. They expect us to care about what they care about and diligently follow their every whim. They want our men to care about how much money massa makes and for our women to be loving mothers to their children. They don’t simply want it either—they expect it and…

Skeptic answer: If video evidence didn’t enlighten any jury into convicting a cop for murder of a Black person, then I don’t see this changing much. The truth has been in front of their faces for decades, but all they do is revise and ignore history to stay comfortably blind.

Just goes to show how entitled whites are when it comes to their humanity. They aren’t required to feel empathy for us or anyone else, or to have any sort of introspection on intersectional issues... but to not feel empathy for them? Suddenly you deserve the death penalty for the grave misdeed of not loving white…

If society treats white lives well enough, how much will Black apathy do to devalue it? They have almost all of the money, positions of power, and social capital, so they have little reason to bitch about our lack of fucks to give. It’s not as though they ever seriously make good on their promises to be better.

Yes, and it functions as a sort of tally for some of the most racist incidents, people, and groups we’ve seen this year—though executed in Michael Harriot’s trademark humorous fashion.

Does this surpass that other encounter with police you dubbed “the whitest thing that ever happened”? Serious question, because I’m on the ropes.

Unless their nationalism matters more than their whiteness so they don’t show up. I doubt that’ll be the case, but it’d be some delicious wypipo hypocrisy (wypipocrisy??).

“Stop with the oppressors stuff”? What do you mean by that? Is there a problem with me making the point that they openly denigrate us from a place of power and influence, which will never be the same as us holding them accountable (with no show of malice whatsoever, by the way)?

They speak from a place of malice and hatred for us. We, however, are just calling them out on their shit. It’s not as if The Root doesn’t discuss our community’s intersecting problems either, unlike them. We would have to become the oppressors to ever stoop to their level. Do not make the mistake of dabbling in the…

Just another one of those double standards that white people don’t have the introspection to notice, like opioid addiction and animal rights. What they are willing to stand up for ends where Black liberation begins.

Thank you for this. That article is beautifully written and that line is the best.

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I don’t know why, but “non-violent plants” made me giggle.

Racial disparities exist, and not acknowledging their persistence is foolish. When white people manage to get out in the streets for us the way they did for themselves in the Women’s March, or for Gay Pride, or in the March for Science, then what you say will actually mean a damn thing. White people are the ones who…

Such ‘authority.’ Apparently because you say it so, this incident has nothing to do about race. Idiotic. We live in a racist society in a racist nation, whose foundation is built upon racist action. The context of that racism frames every thought and action of its citizens and everyone else within its influence. To…

Because as long as white people say they didn’t intend to do something, they get the benefit of the doubt. White privilege thrives on intent over impact. It’s the same logic that allows White Feminists to defend shitty white women, white people to defend “polite racists” and juries to acquit cops for murdering Black…