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An article in the Huffington Post talked about the good and bad of the character Kylo Ren in Star Wars. The author wrote, “No offense to Adam Driver, but when Ren took off his mask, I was expecting someone more… evil looking (maybe monstrous, or at least more rugged), not someone with boyish, clean-shaven good looks.”

I disagree. I think Ren, with his youthful, boyish face, perfectly embodies the greatest villain of our time: the entitled white young man who abuses the inherited power and privilege he was born with.

It has always been a disturbing trope to me that the evil must be ugly or scarred – and therefore the ugly and scarred must be evil.

That myth has always been to evil’s advantage, since being injured leaves far more scars than doing injury.

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17 Struggles All Suburban Black Kids Know Too Well by Pedro Fequiere

  1. Meeting that one friend’s parent that you didn’t know was racist
  2. Being the prime suspect of whatever was stolen at a house party
  3. Your parents encouraging you to make friends with the only other black kids in the neighborhood even though you have your own friends
  4. Not understanding all black culture references because you didn’t have as many black friends to experience them with
  5. People coming back from spring break and comparing their tan to your skin
  6. Searching far and wide for a salon that can do your hair
  7. And people freely touching and grabbing your hair
  8. Being called an Oreo, because… you’re not reeaally black
  9. People assuming you’re good at any and all sports
  10. Everyone looking to you to explain and demonstrate new dance crazes
  11. People dialing their slang up a couple notches when talking to you
  12. Swimming in a neighbor’s pool and having everyone marvel at how your hair reacts to water
  13. People assuming that you have a huge crush on the only other black person in school
  14. That moment when you learn about slavery in class and you can feel everyone staring at you
  15. Being way more cautious than your friends about typical suburban mischief
  16. People saying “You sound white,” because you speak proper English
  17. Feeling constant pressure to represent your entire race, rather than just yourself