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Kenan Malik
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Kenan Malik writes Pandaemonium, a personal blog at kenanmalik.wordpress.com about culture, politics and philosophy. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as an essay on the history of race. The one comment cites it as further reading supporting the point that the idea of race is much newer than people realize.
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What Hacker News says?
I'll add another article to your list: https://kenanmalik.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/the-making-of-th... The idea of race is much newer than people realize.
Comment linking /2013/02/17/the-making-of-the-idea-of-race/
on “Did the Greeks see themselves as white, black, or something else?”Submitted Myths of Radicalisation as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are we no longer bold? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion