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WATCH: Is America Racist? Reggae Fans Aren’t So Sure
Ben Kawaller reports from the Dallas Reggae Festival, where one black Southern woman said the unthinkable: ‘I’ve never really experienced racism!’
By Ben Kawaller
05.14.24 — Ben Meets America
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I arrived at last month’s Dallas Reggae Festival in a state of near-total ignorance, as is typical. I can name exactly one reggae artist (Bob Marley), who I am fairly but not completely certain is dead. As for reggae culture, all I knew was that it is about “one love,” which I thought had something to do with our common humanity. That’s in fact what dre…

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Ben Kawaller
Ben Kawaller's videos and humor writing have appeared in The Free Press, LA Magazine, Racket News, The American Bystander, The Advocate, and Salon, among others. He lives in New York.
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