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My Race Writing Origin Story

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Steve QJ
Jul 09, 2021
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It’s a bit of a stretch to describe this edition of The Commentary as a conversation. It lasted exactly one comment before I was blocked and deleted. But in many ways this interaction was the reason I started writing about race.

My first successful race-related article, “I Only Just Realised I’m White”, was inspired by my frustration with a writer named …

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