Black Lives Matter. Still

Of course they did. SMH.

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6 year olds throw tantrums. I am not saying that is a good thing, but it is a normal thing. Unless you are black, of course.
Relatedly (is this a word? It should be.) I had a sorta kinda similar situation in my office where a black single mom asked me to have ā€œthe talkā€ with her 10 year old son who had been disciplined severely and very unjustly by his school. I told her i was not sure i was the guy, as i have never been a black man. She looked me in the eye and said ā€œneither have i. Can you help me or not?ā€ So i did. Not sure if i did it justice or not, but seriously brought home the unjust, unfair, it ainā€™t right world black kids are forced to grow up in. My heart broke a bit yesterday.

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Hopeful? Maybe?

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You did a mitzvah. Good on ya!

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I think his book will be the perfect gift for my dad whom I suspect is about as ā€œwokeā€ as Biden, and big on Southern Cooking. I wonder what his reaction would be?

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Harriot, as usual, strong and on the mark.

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ā€œWhere Karen Pence teaches part timeā€ Yup, makes perfect sense.

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Since the subject of ā€œalliesā€ comes up a fair amount here, this seems worth sharing.

ā€œReal allies ainā€™t no muthafuckinā€™ cowards.ā€

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Holy shit:

I was tentatively hopeful that for once, actual justice might prevail; I think Iā€™m in shock that it seems to have actually happened.

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And so quickly, too.

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10 years is not nothing. I was shocked that she chose to use a castle defense! If it had been anything other than white shooter / black victim it would have been laughed out of court. The investigator who claimed ā€œthere was no crimeā€ needs to be canned immediately.

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No, itā€™s something; a start.

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I would rather she got life without parole. But anyways.

So would I, but Iā€™m surprised she got anything.

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Same here; which is what makes her conviction a step in the right direction.

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I so seriously stan Rashida Talib:

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