James Finn
May 11, 2021

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Seriously? Granted, this white boy hasn’t spent a lot of time in Colorado, but I’ve lived all over the United States, and I’m here to say that when white guys use Buckwheat like that, it ain’t endearing.

It’s not supposed to be. We know exactly what the name refers to. Most of us are even smart enough to recognize that Eddie Murphy’s parody was sharp cultural criticism.

Otay?

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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