April 2019
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Big Foreheads, Smart People
A comment-style post about a music video by a Rajasthani singer, the idea that big foreheads signal intelligence, and the author’s own hairline, with a slur and linked videos.
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Browncast Episode 29: Zaid Jilani on the discourse, the primaries, and culture
On Browncast Episode 29, journalist Zaid Jilani discusses his project to bring people of different views together, where his own views came from, growing up in the rural South, and…
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Browncast Episode 28: Obesity, Lifestyle, Fat and more..
On Browncast Episode 28, Omar Ali, an endocrinologist, and Razib Khan discuss the science and non-science of nutrition, lifestyle and obesity, particularly in South Asians, followed by Omar’s outline of…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 27: Zach on why he’s an Islamophobe and why he hates PewDiePie
In this BrownCast episode the host and Zach discuss why Zach has become, as the host puts it, vocally and unapologetically Islamophobic, and how Islamophobia differs from anti-Muslim prejudice. They…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 26: Surya Yalamanchili, all-American desi on politics, India, and culture
The host talks to Surya Yalamanchili, author of Decoding the Donald, former Apprentice contestant and 2010 Democratic congressional candidate. They cover Indian and American politics, colourism among South Asians, growing…
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How the Baha’is lost out on Khushwant Singh-
Reacting to Khushwant Singh’s account of being refused a corner grave by Bahá’í management, the poster calls this a loss for the Faith in Asia and alleges a silent racism…
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Podcasts incoming!!!
Open thread: the poster says podcasts go up early for Patreon supporters, that two appeared today and two follow tomorrow, notes an upcoming conversation with Zaid Jilani, and asks listeners…
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Azad(?) Kashmir
A brief remark that a travel vlogger checking in at ‘Azad Kashmir’ used politically loaded language, with an aside on PewDiePie and an embedded tweet by Sadanand Dhume mocking a…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
A standing open thread: readers are asked to keep other posts on topic and use this one for anything they like.
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Many types of India prepare to Vote
The poster excerpts a reader comment as a tribute to the many different Indias beyond Modi’s Bharat, arguing that caste has been channelled into democracy and that family networks keep…
