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Silpa Kovvali is a New York-based writer who focuses on social and cultural criticism. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and The New Republic, amongst others.

Donald Trump (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Let’s dispense with political correctness and talk straight: Donald Trump is a racist

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Children acting as accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers take the stage at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RTS8GOV (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

“Parading kids onstage … to be the butt of a racist joke”? This is Chris Rock’s idea of progress?

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Donald Trump (AP/Stephen B. Morton)

Stop poll-shaming Trump voters: Mocking survey results won’t change minds—or the election

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., answers a question from the audience during a Democratic primary town hall sponsored by CNN, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP)

Bernie Sanders says he wants a revolution: Demanding reparations for racial injustice should be his next move

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Ted Cruz (AP/Matt Rourke)

Don’t be a Ted Cruz birther: Liberals should reject the xenophobia behind “natural born” citizenship

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1586474p1.html'>Chonlawut</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Mediocrity is for white kids: Debates over Asians and the academic “ethnic divide” are about white entitlement, not oppressive immigrant parents

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The cast of "Hamilton" (Joan Marcus)

A “Hamilton” miracle: I lost the ticket lottery, but discovered something priceless

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(AP/Greg Gibson)

Bill, Hillary and the women: Should millennials care about Bill Clinton’s sex scandals?

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(NBC)

If the “C-Word” fits, let’s embrace it: Women don’t need to be sheltered from this one powerful insult

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(AP/Richard Shiro/Wikimedia/Salon)

Donald Trump, FDR and Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson problem: Here’s how we stop defending historical racism and move forward

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Let’s call everyone “they”: Gender-neutral language should be the norm, not the exception

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(Reuters/Keith Bedford/AP/Rich Fury)

Who said it — Donald Trump or Spencer Pratt? “If you want to throw missiles, I’m throwing a nuke. This is how I operate”

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Aziz Ansari and Shoukath Ansari in "Master of None" (Netflix/K.C. Bailey)

“Master of None” tackles the empathy gap: How nuanced minority stories can shrink the emotional gulf between white Americans and “others”

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(Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress)

Who’s really demanding to be coddled on campus? Yale students aren’t the spoiled brats for refusing to be racially trolled on Halloween

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(Universal Pictures)

The solace of street knowledge: Violence, black vulnerability and reading the lessons of Ta-Nehisi Coates in “Straight Outta Compton”

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There is no such thing as an “unbiased” history class: The right-wing backlash against AP U.S. history masks a deeper problem with how and what we teach

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(Hachette/Bravo/Salon)

Watching “The Real Housewives” with David Foster Wallace: Why reality TV is good for America, after all

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