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    February 24, 2016
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    #59 LOOKING FOR NON-WHITE NON-MEN
    About that thing with Scaachi...

    BuzzFeed’s Scaachi Koul incited internet rage by soliciting essays from women and people of colour.  A government arts agency refuses to tell the public where their money is going. And should CTV have reported on Patrick Brazeau’s suicide attempt?

    Jeet Heer, senior editor the New Republic, co-hosts.

    Jeet’s Twitter: @HeerJeet

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