Matthew Douglas

OPINION

GROWING UP BLACK IN WHITE LONDON

MATTHEW DOUGLAS / July 26. 2015

How I'm unlearning the need for white approval

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OPINION

BLAZING SADDLES (OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE N-WORD)

MATTHEW DOUGLAS / March 16. 2015

The use of the infamous N-word in popular culture has been a divisive discussion for at least as long as I can remember. Its re-emergence was fueled by this idea that the word could be re-appropriated, changing it from being so ugly, to being one of familiarity. Has this idea really worked, though, or have we given it a free pass to make its way back into our vocabulary?

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