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Friday

Godfrey Elfwick

The life of a transblack genderqueer Muslim atheist at 27

Like the rest of the world, I was utterly disgusted at this week’s Esquire article which focused on the life of a 17-year-old white American boy. The front cover of their magazine featured this odious creature, his face contorted into an alt-right smirk. It’s obvious from his expression: he is perfectly content in openly mocking minorities while stubbornly refusing to check his privilege, and no doubt playing racist games on his mobile phone while day-dreaming about joining the KKK. [caption id="attachment_10406845" align="alignnone" width="800"] This white boy’s sickly and pallid grin made me feel nauseous[/caption] What made this front cover article even more despicable, is that it was released during Black History Month.

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Wednesday

Toby Young

Esquire falls foul of hashtag activism

You have to admire the inexhaustible capacity of the social justice left for taking offense. This week, the straight white male in the stocks is Jay Fielden, the editor-in-chief of Esquire. His sin? To put a white teenager called Ryan Morgan on the front of the March issue, accompanied by the line: ‘What it’s like to grow up white, middle class and male in the era of social media, school shootings, toxic masculinity and a divided country.’ Turns out, it’s a lot harder if you appear on the cover of Esquire. https://twitter.com/eiffeltyler/status/1095321466357403648 ‘Really @esquire?’ tweeted Karamo Brown, a television presenter in Los Angeles. ‘“What’s it like growing up white, middle class and male…” How idiotic!

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