Ida B. Wells-Barnett—journalist, suffragist and anti-lynching activist—is Thursday’s Google doodle, in honor of her…
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I wonder how long until the pull up her detention records, or her less than perfect grades, or pictures of her with a hoodie on, or throwing up gang signs or something.
The fact is, her name is a handicap because it's associated with black people. It's that simple. Very few people will disparage a Japanese-American for having the name Kenji or Ayako, but they'll shit all over a black person for having a "black" name. Hell, my name is clearly "ethnically-tied" and I never get shit… Read more
I think if they hadn't addressed the elephant in the room, they would have been blasted today for not saying anything. And if they were going to do it, they had to do it jokingly rather than going serious. I think (hope) it was less about getting "off the hook" and more about addressing the situation in the only way… Read more
The sad part is, it will happen (somewhere down the line, far enough away they make it seem like this didn't force their hand) and they're going to be so fucking smugly self-congratulatory about it, you will puke.
"It will happen. I'm sure it will happen."
"It's not like it's not a priority for us," Read more
Right, because being unable to resist the compulsion to post a picture of your face even when you're at a funeral screams "I'm humble and sensitive."
Why call out men in the title if both the article and the study each go on to say it an issue that both sexes are guilty of?
I'd love to buy it and torch it on camera. Read more
So what Jay is REALLY saying is, his bottom line is more important than the civil rights of Black customers.
Got it.
Christina Ricci's husband, according to the linked article, is named James Heerdegen, not Casper. Read more
I just roll my eyes at black people who expect shit from Jay-Z. Jay- Z likes money above all things. The president of Barneys could come out tomorrow and say " fuck all these blackies and I don't want their dirty dark skin in my store, because they are criminals and savages" and Jay Z would call his accountant and say… Read more
"If he ends his deal with the store, scholarship money for the Shawn Carter Foundation will vanish" Read more
Kanye West, meanwhile, has condemned Jay Z for not caring about high fashion's not caring about black people.
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this gif. it's everything.
Sitting back for all the posts decrying a person spending $2500 on a bag and not this classic example of racial profiling.
Holy shit! Because they fucking want to. Read more