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Jun 2023
30m 31s

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BENOFTHEWEEK
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Ben has seen one too many creators pretending to be a different race online?!! Pop culture has a long history of stealing from black culture from language to fashion to everything in-between. On the extreme end of this, there are people who outwardly claim to be black when they are from entirely different ethnic groups. This week Ben dives into a few case st ... Show More
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