As an American sometimes i wish that we were not so optimistic, after Obama was elected there was so much optimism which translated into the phrase "post-racial" and that really has harmed us when comes to dealing with racism (the amount of people who view black people negatively has increased since Obama became…

I disagree. We already have a sex offender registry. People who commit violent crimes usually have permanent marks on their record affecting future employment. Both things—which already publicly expose people's crime have never been shown to reduce incidents of violent and sexual crimes—they just make us think we are…

Not to be contrarian, but I wonder for people who commit crimes—particularly those who serve their time, as prescribed by the law, whether the internet should exist as a permanent punishment. It's like a permanent mark that almost runs counter to what used to be a social contract around issues of criminal justice. Can…

Well Andy was coached by his mother, plus to hire a female coach when he is at the peak of his career (he is the Fifth best tennis player in the world) is unprecedented.

You found 4 people on twitter who were "against" this (two who were clearly just making jokes) and you turned it into a story?

Andy Murray: Being awesome since always.

He is a good president (i wish that he was more liberal) but his foreign policy is barbaric, his love for drone strikes (recently there was a story in which a 4 year old had most of her face blown off and was kidnapped by US soldiers ) is disgusting. So i hope history is harsh on him and US population for being…

Please don't try to make her feel guilty about how she is feeling. She's in a scary enough situation as it is, and putting that to her won't help her feel better.

Yes, about ten blocks from my house, and these young men were the 4th and 5th shooting victims in the last 4-6 weeks in this area, and no one is paying much attention.

Little do people know, small-town-Canada (where Justin is from) runs rampant with racism and ignorance. I know because I'm from a Canadian small town... Where they sell these. You can get one as a wallet, purse, bed pillow, doll and keychain! I know.

But the French are a lot more comfortable with overt sexism, too. So there's that.

If you are referring to Savita Halappanavar, that case sparked widespread protests and a change in the law (not enough, but it's a start). When was the last time an abortion law was changed in the US to become more progressive?

I don't think this is this is the same as ______face. People doing those kinds of things usually postulate that they are doing it as a part of a 'costume'. They do not want to ever be perceived as the race they are ____facing, but they want people to know they have to be that color for their 'costume', or joke to…

It seems to be more of fetish thing, also he has changed his name to an Asian name so obvious that he is changing his race (just read the article), so no it is not just an "aesthetic thing". And yes you are definitely coming from a place of privilege if you do understand how this is offensive.

Yeah lets also ignore how offensive it is, you can obviously change your race but what he is doing is basically yellow face.

Let's play a game called "guess who is a racist, yellow face wearing douchebag"

This is true and important, but not the norm across the board in Canada. I've lived in Toronto my whole life and only learned about residential schools in University. We are quite bad in some areas when it comes to hiding some of the horrors of our treatment of first nations people.

During the abolitionist movement in Great Britain, this was actually a pretty common thing: there would be a lecture about the evils of slavery (for instance, by Olaudah Equiano, a former slave who published his autobiography) that often included showing (and occasionally demonstrating on audience members) the kind of…

Because it is like every country in the world, every country is fucked up and racist. I knew my comment would bring out defensive Canadians who will deny that their country is fucking racist.

Just because Canada is a fucked up racist place (yes Canadians it is) does not mean he gets a pass, and do not even try and blame this on a black a guy.