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Tarek Fatah is a fu*king moron
X.T.M, a Bahá’í, argues that Tarek Fatah was foolish to assume the YouTube shooter was Muslim from her Persian name, apologises on behalf of his faith for a Bahá’í attacker,…
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Not all Aryans are Indian, though most Indians are part Aryan, and most Aryan ancestry is in India
Razib Khan clarifies terminology: ‘Aryan’ was used by Iranian as well as Indic peoples, the Indo-Aryan and Iranian split predates their arrival in South Asia, and he argues Indian culture…
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How did I handle casual racism in Los Angeles? Awkwardly
X.T.M shares an extract from comedian Romesh Ranganathan on handling casual racism in Los Angeles, after noting readers would flock to the blog if it covered Shahid Afridi.
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Is Blackish, Brownish?
X.T.M reflects on the sitcom Blackish and the many mixed-race members of its cast, arguing that the one-drop rule lets ‘exotic’ bi-racial people claim belonging in the Black community, and…
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Was there an “Aryan Invasion?”
X.T.M, citing a reader’s comment on semantics, argues recent genetics supports an Indo-European migration rather than an ‘Aryan invasion’, a term he sees as a colonial divide-and-rule device with modern…
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Not all Aryans are Indians, though most Indians have Aryan ancestry
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Where readers come from….
A little surprised.
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The quiz show contestant
Razib Khan asks, after a viral clip of a dark-skinned Australian game-show contestant, whether a man of that complexion could ever be a leading man in Bollywood, and whether skin…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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