Bless you, you’re doing the lord’s work. All the hugs.

Lol, amazing.

Ugh, nightmare.

My apologies, but this is going to be a VERY LONG post. There's so much to discuss in what you wrote and I hope you'll bear with me till the end. Here we go.

Fuck these two assholes. May they return to the depths of oblivion, where they belong.

To me, that matters little, because while intent is important, it's not the be-all and end-all of our interactions with other people. Obviously, communication is a two way street in that it involves the intention of the speaker, and the understanding of the listener. So, even if the speaker used the variant ending…

You would be right if the ONLY meaning of that word today were "dude", but I think we both know that it is still used daily to insult, demean and dehumanize black people, in line with its original meaning. So, no, it's essential meaning today is not "dude". It clearly has a whole host of other meanings that are…

If the word had actually, as you put it, become deracinated, we wouldn't be having this discussion at all. The fact that we are proves that for many, many people, the word is inseparable from its origins.

There's definitely a subtext to those comments that many people don't want to examine. The terms bandied about to describe her are...revealing, to say the least.

Um, what? Say what you will about her acting like a crazy bitch to strangers on Twitter, but as for not having made any good music...she dropped her debut album just 4 months ago, garnering largely positive reviews from music critics. Seems like plenty of people still find her music to be good.

I suppose you could always try "racially charged", the euphemism du jour for racist fuckery. You know, like all those media outlets that somehow manage to describe racist incidents without ever using the term "racist".

There aren't enough Silkwoods in the world to come back from that.

The Bloor-Danforth line is hell on Earth. And so are most of the people on it. Never have I seen a ruder and shittier collection of human beings in one place. Why?!

Ugh, that song sounds like warmed over garbage to me, and I usually like Rih's tracks.

Gorgeous. I posted elsewhere in this thread that Black people look great with platinum blonde hair because all colors look great on us, so thanks for being living proof.

Um, no it's not...unless you utterly lack basic human decency and compassion.

Came here to say that we Black folks also look awesome with platinum blonde hair. Then again, all colors + Black people = a match made in heaven. I was thinking specifically of Eva Marcille when she was rocking the platinum pixie with fingerwaves. Stunning.

Don't forget "dehumanizing". Those are some powerful stares, ya know.

So good.

I don't know that this will be in any way helpful, but I've found that as I get older, I can quite literally lapse into depression if I don't work out regularly and vigorously (meaning, a leisurely walk just ain't gonna cut it), so I make time for a relatively short but intense workout (30-45 minutes max - did I…