I’ve been reading some of the local (South Jersey area) coverage on this...apparently, some of his teammates and coaches did step up for him before the haircut. But referees apparently have pretty wide latitude in making a call, so Maloney forced the issue:

The blonde woman who cut Johnson’s locs is Denise Fields, one of Buena High School’s athletic trainers. Andrew’s family has already come out speaking up in support of Ms. Fields. It appears that she was supportive of Andrew, coaching and comforting him after he made the decision. Apparently, she ended up cutting his…

Did this movie really need not one but two black guys to sacrifice themselves for the white folks? I also guess black women don’t make it through the apocalypse

I actually do think she writes her Christmas messages herself.

If she's working so hard I would gladly switch places with her and do her "queening" for her.

I’m so glad someone else said this. I’ve noticed this trend across different media outlets. “Twelve people on Twitter said this thing” is neither. Yes nor some indication of widespread opinion.

If you consider showing up, waving at people and being ceremonial very hard work, then sure

You’ve never seen that Chapelle’s Show sketch in which Paul Mooney plays Negrodamus? Hilarious.

Seriously? Trump is the president and his lies involve and endanger millions of people. Cardi and Offset are entertainers; their purported lies hurt no one except maybe themselves. The comparison doesn’t even make any sense.

I live in Seattle. We’re not trying to “bite the hand that feeds us”. Amazon has solved some of Seattle’s problems but also created or contributed to a lot of new ones, and the city wants to be able to fix those and take care of its people. I moved here from Third World Red State America and have found the lifestyle…

You must be an old fart if you believe that two-day shipping is some kind of miracle that on Amazon can achieve in this year of our Lord 2018. Everybody does 2-day shipping now, and some of them even provide it for free. Target does 2-day shipping; Walmart does 2-day shipping; Barnes and Noble does 2-day shipping;…

Umm, Target? They sell a mega bundle pack of Pampers Pure. Several mega packs of diapers and 4 packs of wipes for $55.99. It’s actually the exact same bundle Amazon sells. Plus at Target, if you buy too many of the same size and baby grows out of them, you can return them for the right size.

I read another story - apparently, the kid had a cap (something to cover his hair, not the regular headgear), but the cap didn’t attach to his protective headgear. In the past couple of seasons there had been a rule change that said that the cap he wore over his locs had to attach to his headgear.

In South Jersey? I don’t. Every other headline I’ve seen about this has referenced the race of the kid and the force of the referee, and most have referenced racism. The Cherry Hill Courier-Post’s headline was

Nothing is wrong with being gracious, but nobody should hold it against Cardi if she decided not to be gracious. Her ex, who she has clearly told she is done, decided to crash a career-making performance for his own ends. That’s like someone’s ex showing up at a conference presentation or while they’re giving a TED…

What does that have to do with anything? Cardi B is problematic, but that doesn’t make what Offset did not patriarchical and sexist.

Nope, not good enough. I’m tired of being an afterthought, and I’m tired of brands trying to use the logic “we only had 32 perfected at launch, and it’s completely a coincidence that those 32 were for people on the lighter end of the spectrum! Also, I have brown friends.”

Girl, no.

Nope. I like that song and their first three albums. I also like “Sugar” from V.

I cackled at the Ohio State joke. I have a lot of close friends who are Michigan alumni (why, I don’t know. I’m from Atlanta) and they took that hard. For some reason they thought this year would be the year?