This looks good. I have to say, for a "Bipartisan Report", the source seems to be exclusively anti-Trump and his administration. So am I, but I don't usually trust news from that type of source.
I chose the term "complex" in order to gently correct the person I was responding to without stirring the pot any more than necessary. As I reflect on your words correcting me, I still think the term is proper for white people, for the concept of whiteness. If anything, maybe more so. Being Black, or Chinese, or Jewish....all of these are a clear identity which doesn't change over time. Being white, that's not much of a clear identity at all. As your examples demonstrate, whether or not one is white in America varies over time as our racial values change. White people (as defined in our society) certainly take more than their share of all the good stuff our world offers, but that doesn't mean being white isn't complex. The very fact that your "race" can be white one generation but not in another, that's complex rather than simple.
And yes, people have been and are being horribly abused for not fitting the current definition of white. I would say it's more difficult to be considered not white (whatever your actual skin color), but not more complex.
A long time ago I had a friend with about the same coloring as Earls. She was "black" by genetics: born of darker skinned parents (one quite dark, one lighter), and all her siblings were quite a bit darker then her. Among the white group of friends I was part of, she totally passed as white and generally didn't mention it, but as I got to know her better she showed me her family pictures.
This just showcases the complexity of what it means to be black, or white. But I think in this case, Earls is correctly speaking as a black woman.
fretted that she was making judges look like politicians instead of evenhanded referees.
At first I nodded in agreement, that judges should not "look like" politicians. Then I thought about some recent appointments to the US Supreme Court, which had several now-justices insist that Roe V Wade was settled law (among other issues), then vote otherwise. So I say, let our potential judges say exactly what they think, rather than use deceptive language to deceive people.
Thank you. I've always assumed that it was specific to a former lover or at least personal relationship. I can't think of any cases I've heard of that weren't.
“Programs to address education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, labor unions, and he still is working on it,” she said.
The White House immediately pounced on Ms Greene’s flattering description of Mr Biden’s efforts, writing on Twitter: “Caught us. President Biden is working to make life easier for hardworking families”.