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May 14, 2018, 9:04 PM

Are we a “good people?”

The rapper and performer Azealia Banks is a fairly difficult person. I say this with firsthand knowledge after having spent a full day in her company while interviewing her for a music magazine cover story. Banks can be caustic and confrontational on occasion, and also...

Feb 2, 2017, 2:59 AM

When the “other” becomes “ours”

These days, it’s rare to sit down and write something intended for public consumption without also considering the reaction to it. Living in a vacuum is no longer a possibility, and this purported bubble I live in is incapable of keeping out the noise of...

Nov 17, 2016, 10:45 AM

Dear Jared, stand on the right side of history

Jared. During Dave Chappelle’s opening monologue on this week’s Saturday Night Live, the comedian joked that “if I could quit being black today, I’d be out tha’ game.” And in context, it was pretty funny. But as a provocation, it unsettled me. I had a...

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Arye Dworken is a Creative Director at a New York City ad agency, essayist and a freelance culture journalist. He lives in Teaneck, NJ.