Dear Mr. Matthews

[bana05]

Saying you forgot Obama was black is not, in fact, the compliment you thought it was.

No love,

This black woman who cannot/will not take off her skin color to make people feel more comfortable, which is the implicit statement you actually made with your "praise".

Comments

Mighty Whitey of 2010

[recumbentgoat]

smh Of course, it's still only January....

this dude. omg poster boy for white privilege/POV-centric thinking. I mean, who the fuck cares about your unexamined blather that you think is made of gold and comes from Jesus or something?

Re: Mighty Whitey of 2010

[bana05]

i just...you laugh because punching someone out can carry jail time.

[heather]

I was watching that mess live and spit out my drink.

[bana05]

I'm glad I wasn't because...too late in my day to have a headache.

[box_in_the_box]

Yeah, that was one of those moments where even I, as a relatively clueless white man, thought, "What were you thinking?"

[neadods]

ditto, except for the gender. How could ANYONE even attempt to claim it as a "compliment"? Talk about adding insult to injury!

[syien_island]

That made me facepalm hard.

Did you read this "clarification?"

[mojitochica]

It's here. This crap is just one more reason my week has been this: