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Malaysian Chinese comedian Nigel Ng poses as "Uncle Roger" to critique people's culinary endeavors. His YouTube channel has nearly half a billion views.
Food
Uncle Roger, YouTube’s culinary avenger for Asian food
Dutch white people in blackface and colorful costumes
Culture
In year of Black Lives Matter protest, Dutch people again wrestle with tradition of Black Pete
Ira Lightman at a poetry reading in Manchester, UK, at an event organized by Poets and Players. Lightman moonlights as a poetry plagiarism detective. 
Arts, Culture & Media
This poetry detective tracks down word thieves. But are they all plagiarists?
Cool Fix for a Hot Planet
Kevin Young on African American Culture, and Its Role in the Country’s Cultural Progress
Sociology of Shopping
A LIFE OF STUFF
Cool Fix For a Hot Planet
Arts, Culture & Media
The Cold War’s aesthetic revival