Update, no, it was early middle and then moved back for middle. So she was several yeats ahead of this.

She said academically she was way ahead and didn't really do shit down there but socially, as an awkward fat black woman, she was thriving in segregated schools.

*Disclaimer: I have a degree. I am not 25 years old. I do work at the paper but I also am Black and from the South. I have heard of masculinity, whiteness and racism. Please interpret my glib social media incredulity as style and not function. Thank you.

These people always pitch themselves as savvy Real America Whisperers but constantly talking about how Republicans are right and Democrats are annoying is abysmal electoral strategy.

Talk about how minorities aren't a threat, billionaires are!

I know it’s all jockeying, but it is wild seeing them blame the inflation on like 4 distinct things with 100% certainty on each.

In this paragraph, we have a heartbreakingly bleak portrait of American society as it actually exists.

I understand how paragraphs like this emerge from the editing process, but of course “little attention has been given” to a story no one knew about a minor victim whose identity was protected by a bunch of laws.

As Schmidt says in his post, this is our first encounter with this information.