I have a confession; in my College days, for Halloween I once painted my face...

[brooklynite]

blue. With watercolor paint. To match my blue turtleneck.

[democratisphere]

2. Well then. Consider yourself banished from humanity forever.

How dare you wear such a costume that exemplifies your racism toward the blues.

[NotAPuppet]

3. I'm a Na'vi

and I’m not cool with that! At all!

[Squinch]

4. The racism of our leaders in their use of blackface should not be treated as a joke.

[EffieBlack]

5. Thank you

I can't believe you even had to write that.

[Squinch]

6. Nothing surprises me here any more. Were you here for the History of Feminism wars?

That's when I learned then how sexist DU is. Now I'm learning how racist DU is.

On the bright side, most of those guys who warred with HOF were trolls who were eventually tombstoned. Unfortunately many of our best feminist voices also just decided DU was not worth their effort and left.

I know many of the best voices of people of color have left. I hope this does not make the rest go.

[EffieBlack]

7. All one needs to look at to know everything you said is true

is the reaction to Northam last weekend compared to the reaction to Fairfax now.

It speaks volumes - and the story it tells is not a pretty one.

[CTyankee]

8. I think Dartmouth had Indians as their "mascots" so they would dress up in Indian costumes and

do a war dance on the football field during half times in Ivy League football games. That ended many years ago as folks became more sensitive to ethnic sensibilities...