Anzor Tsarnaev: Devoted or Delusional?

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In the aftermath of the Boston Bombing, Anzor Tsarnaev defends his sons despite everything he has seen and heard.

“Unlike other groups of people, it’s pretty easy for a white person to use their skin privilege and brush off any stereotyping.”

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This is a comment by Red Seven and J. Serens on the post “Yes, Black People Can Be Racist Too”.

Race, Othering, and GQ’s Opinions On Hot Women

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GQ’s latest excuse to publish photos of pretty women betrays a deeper underlying problem.

Tony Okungbowa on Music, His New Film ‘Restless City’, and Life as Ellen DeGeneres’ DJ

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Joanna Schroeder chats with Ellen DeGeneres’ sidekick, Tony Okungbowa, about his new film Restless City, which is the story of a Senegalese immigrant making his way in New York City.

Losing My Identity: Only Gay When I’m Not Iranian

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Yashar Ali sees himself as equal parts Iranian and gay. But when forced to compartmentalize his sexuality, Yashar found his whole identity falling apart.

Beautiful on All Sides

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‘The privilege of being white in the U.S. is that you don’t have to see race. But for a growing majority of people, ethnicity is fluid; it’s piecemeal, chosen, reclaimed, refused, relearned.’

How Do You Picture a Man Who Gets Catcalled?

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“Interesting that you’ve chosen a photo of a black man in a hard hat to illustrate this article.”

Picture of the Day

A map of New York City, by ethnicity. “Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Gray is Other, and each dot is 25 people.” Other cities here.