Amos Barshad has written for Spin, SLAM, the Weekly Dig, Real Detroit Weekly, and the Arkansas Times. He's an assistant editor at New York Magazine's entertainment blog, Vulture, which means he's typed the words "Lil Wayne" more times than Lil Wayne's personal stenographer.
"I went to a Jewish school, where nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish." He recalls being called a schvartze, repeatedly. "But the same kids that made fun of me are super proud [of me] now."
This piece was originally published in April, 2008.
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