Teh One Who Knocks
02-13-2019, 12:02 PM
Kristine Solomon - Yahoo Style and Beauty Writer
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Esquire magazine just debuted its March 2019 issue, and the cover shines a spotlight on what it’s like for “an American boy” to grow up “white, middle class, and male in the era of social media, school shootings, toxic masculinity, #MeToo, and a divided country.”
But many people on Twitter are having none of it. Some could hardly believe the magazine seemed to be sympathizing with white male privilege in such a fraught cultural and political climate.
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A few immediately picked up on the insensitive timing of the issue’s release — the second week of February, which is Black History Month.
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The cover accompanies a feature story that’s the first installment in a “new series about a boy,” according to Esquire. It profiles 17-year-old Ryan Morgan, from West Bend, Wis. Some feel one feature on the “plight” of white males is bad enough, and an entire series just adds insult to injury. Others are baffled by the subject matter.
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Some are flat-out angry about the feature, and no one is being shy about why.
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Others are resorting to sarcasm and humor to lighten the blow.
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Some, however, raised a point about who is criticizing whom.
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Esquire‘s editor-in-chief, Jay Fielden, explained in an essay the reason he chose to run the “American Boy” cover story, saying that an “ideological echo chamber” is bad for everyone — kids included. But critics on Twitter weren’t buying it.
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Only time will tell what the reaction will be when Esquire publishes part two.
https://i.imgur.com/WmVg1Phh.png
Esquire magazine just debuted its March 2019 issue, and the cover shines a spotlight on what it’s like for “an American boy” to grow up “white, middle class, and male in the era of social media, school shootings, toxic masculinity, #MeToo, and a divided country.”
But many people on Twitter are having none of it. Some could hardly believe the magazine seemed to be sympathizing with white male privilege in such a fraught cultural and political climate.
1095170582533029889
1095316696812978176
A few immediately picked up on the insensitive timing of the issue’s release — the second week of February, which is Black History Month.
1095188277613772800
1095315675013365760
1095313223484669957
The cover accompanies a feature story that’s the first installment in a “new series about a boy,” according to Esquire. It profiles 17-year-old Ryan Morgan, from West Bend, Wis. Some feel one feature on the “plight” of white males is bad enough, and an entire series just adds insult to injury. Others are baffled by the subject matter.
1095038027448152064
1095332431698280448
1095292548665335808
Some are flat-out angry about the feature, and no one is being shy about why.
1095311224106041344
1095322075009556480
1095309722893381632
Others are resorting to sarcasm and humor to lighten the blow.
1095195375932264448
1095315579412590592
Some, however, raised a point about who is criticizing whom.
1095348030092529664
1095345822693244929
1095339049332568067
Esquire‘s editor-in-chief, Jay Fielden, explained in an essay the reason he chose to run the “American Boy” cover story, saying that an “ideological echo chamber” is bad for everyone — kids included. But critics on Twitter weren’t buying it.
1095315396385800194
1095324380316487680
Only time will tell what the reaction will be when Esquire publishes part two.