Xenophobic violence doesn’t mesh well with informed, realistic distinctions about the different groups of people in the world. To a certain extent this is its point, and precisely why it terrorizes. It emphasizes that strangers who know absolutely nothing about you, your person, your identity, your culture, or your faith are violently uninterested in knowing more — they’re interested in harming you and making you go away.

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(In Violence Against Sikhs, Racists Don’t Discriminate — Daily Intel)

For years, Nitsuh Abebe has been one of the most thoughtful, insightful columnists in the world of pop music criticism. In his latest piece, he turns that same critical eye toward the Wisconsin shootings. More like this, please.

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