A sousaphonist added the most fitting soundtrack to this Ku Klux Klan rally.
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Jul 21, 2015
Sousaphone turns KKK rally into party
Vogue executive quits after "slave-themed photo" posted
Just the other day I remarked that the fashion industry picked the worst possible year to try and make racist imagery cool, even as it’s obvious why such an insular and privileged culture would think it clever and edgy. Hot on the heels of Katy Perry’s blaceface shoes we have Vogue exec Donata Meirelles “on […]
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Katy Perry's blackface shoes pulled from sale
Fashion designers often make Derek Zoolander look like Albert Einstein, but in picking 2019 to be the year of smirking references to racist imagery, they really outdid themselves. The latest celebrity endorser to be humiliated by something under their name? Katy Perry’s blackface shoes. Katy says she is “saddened” that her design – blue eyes […]
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Four reporters say their news organizations won't let them use the term "racist"
Huffington Post got four reporters on the record (albeit anonymously) to say their editors replace terms like “racist” and “racism” with euphemisms. I was at a media organization that wouldn’t allow me to use “racist” or “bigot” when referring to derogatory comments that Donald Trump made or to his character. Instead, we were told to […]
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Shoot your movie now with this filmmaker's master class
High-def cameras are available to anyone and for much less than they were just a decade ago. Even the phones in our pockets can be used to shoot and edit short films. It’s never been easier to be a filmmaker, providing you have the technique. Enter the Film & Cinematography Mastery Bundle, an online boot […]
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Bring your game idea to life and learn to design from home
Breaking into the indie video game market may be easier than you think. It all starts with an idea, and then it’s a matter of finding the right development platform to bring it to life. No matter what that platform is, it’s a good bet that it’s covered in the 2019 Game Dev & Design […]
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Master Spanish with this intuitive language learning system
Learning a new language like Spanish doesn’t have to be hard. Either you can buy a ticket to a Spanish-speaking country, immerse yourself in the culture and pick it up intuitively – or you can do it from the comfort of the chair you’re in right now by logging on to Rocket Spanish. There are […]
