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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

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‘Ask them for a 23 and me’: Babysitter says she got fired after telling kids wearing Native American headdresses is ‘inappropriate’

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘TCU what in the hell’: People call out sorority recruitment TikTok dance for cultural appropriation

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

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‘I still don’t understand why Disney thinks it’s okay’: Native American TikToker calls out Disney for its out-of-touch teepee display

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

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‘What in the gentrification is going on?’: TikTok of white boys in durags in yogurt shop goes viral

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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‘They’ve infested my cruise’: TikToker roasts white people with cornrow braids on cruise

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘The only positive is that the locals probably overcharged them’: TikToker puts all the white people in braids on blast after their cruise makes stop at a Caribbean island

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

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‘Doing the lord’s work’: TikToker’s takedown of white guy wearing dreadlock wig goes viral

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

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‘Since when is Black hair a costume?’: TikToker puts Spirit Halloween on blast for for culturally appropriative costumes

Esther Bell is a former contributor to the Daily Dot. She recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism, and her work has appeared in Bustle and Teen Vogue.

Esther Bell

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Is social media normalizing cultural appropriation?

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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Kacey Musgraves accused of cultural appropriation–and botching it

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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Korean hair salon dragged for turning straight hair into Afro-textured hair

A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.

Nayomi Reghay

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This hilarious makeup tutorial breaks down everything wrong with cultural appropriation

Jaya Saxena is a lifestyle writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on women&#8217;s issues and web culture. Her writing has appeared in GQ, ELLE, the Toast, the New Yorker, The Hairpin, BuzzFeed, Racked, Eater, Catapult, and others. She is the co-author of &#8216;Dad Magazine,&#8217; the author of &#8216;The Book Of Lost Recipes,&#8217; and the co-author of &#8216;Basic Witches.&#8217;

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