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Fredrick Martyn

Fredrick Martyn is a Sri Lankan-Canadian medical student, humor writer and poet, currently based in Washington, DC. His humor and poetry have appeared in Points In Case, GomerBlog, Slackjaw, Lady Pieces and Soft Cartel among other places. His words can be found at fredrickmartyn.weebly.com
Posted on March 15, 2019 March 19, 2019

I’m The Predator And I Think I’m Guilty Of Culturally Appropriating Dreadlocks

Fredrick Martyn
Written by
Fredrick Martyn
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Tagged
cultural appropriation, humor, racism, satire

Dreadlocks are part of a cultural identity which I don’t have the right to adopt, as a member of a privileged, historically oppressive, violence-seeking, Xenomorph-slaying alien race. Read more

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