A terrible, wrong thing happened in Denver this morning. And in response, people are perpetrating more violence and more harm with their rhetoric about crazed killers.
mass shooting
racism
Burnt. Black skin. Dirty. I’ve been called the worst names from fellow Singaporeans.
language
It's like a big mix tape of problematic words! DOESN'T THAT SOUND FUN AND EXCITING?
anthony frederico
What if we all lost our jobs for innocent mistakes we made after a long and stressful day at work?
racism
I am seriously regretting that I didn't at least tell these folks to lower their voices. Their sizeist, racist, classist, awful people voices.
microaggressions
You don’t have a problem, because it's not Real Racism -- it's caaaaasual. Not a big deal. Certainly not worth analyzing or pointing out, lest we make anyone uncomfortable.
redface
Romanticizing the culture and traditions of the people your community subjected to genocide is deeply, deeply gross.
gabby douglas
There are some who want to ask “why we need to bring race into it” and they’re the same kinds of people who say we live in a “post-racial” society. We need to bring race into it because Gabby Douglas’ race is important.
racism
The trouble is, when white folks hear "racism," we tend to take it really personally, as an accusation, or as a challenge. But it's less about us, individually, than it is about the culture in which we participate, and which collectively we have some power to change.
racism
Everything. Everything is wrong with it. Please, somebody post kitten pictures in comments? PLEASE. I AM BEGGING YOU.
halloween
All year long I look forward to October because it is the one month where I get to wet-blanket all over everyone’s good time with my annoying cultural analysis.
the onion
Warning: contains strong language.
racism
Lucy Liu is perfectly happy naming, and talking about, the elephant in the room: racism is a problem in Hollywood.
ads
If you are going to be racist, you better be saying the funniest thing anyone has ever heard.
freedom of speech
The Egyptian journalist, Mona Eltahawy, spray painted over what she deemed a racist and hateful poster, got into an argument with a woman who defended the poster and then got herself arrested. Could you be as badass as Mona Eltahawy?
class war
I’m one of those horrible Android users ruining your Instagram forever.
assault
Never leave any stone unturned when it comes to taking down a pregnant woman.
books
I'm reviewing the first three chapters, because that's all I could get for free on my Kindle.
electoral politics
It horrifies me that we still need to even have this, "Why Lynching Isn't Okay," conversation, but here we go. [WARNING: Violent images in this post may not be work-safe. Or life-safe.]
racism
Where she gets off acting like stereotypes and falsehoods are the god given truth is beyond me. She herself is part of a minority group that gets persecuted on the daily on shows like "Fox and Friends."
ethnicity
While it's one thing to have your own family jokingly question your parentage, it's quite another when the questions come at you from strangers.
hair
Black hair deserves specialized attention and care. But that’s no excuse for an overwhelming number of salons to turn away paying African-American customers.
