MEDIUM RARE
Our Favorite Stories About Figuring Out Who We Are and Where We Come From
Stories from the Medium universe that tackle titles and identity
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3 min readMay 1, 2020
Each week on Medium Rare, I’ll be sharing stories you might have missed that are definitely worth a second look. Got a suggestion for a piece we should feature? Pop it in the responses below!
- After being identified by broadcast news networks as an “expert” on North Korea, writer and journalist Eric Stinton unpacks the absurdity of such labels: “Imagine an interview with an ‘America Expert.’ What would that even mean? What aspect of America would their expertise be in? Economics? Politics? Culture?”
- Stand-up comic W. Kamau Bell writes of the many shades of racism and how they relate to his personal connection with the legendary Bruce Lee. “Being against racism means being against racism,” Bell writes, calling out the ugly labels and discrimination bubbling up in the midst of this pandemic.
