Dear Snapchat: You’re racist and I can no longer look the other way

It happened again. For the second time this year(!), Snapchat released a filter so ill-conceived and flat-out racist it caused outrage — and rightfully so. The most recent filter, which some are calling ‘Yellowface,’ is so abhorrent to good taste and common sense I’m just giving up on Snapchat. It’s either insensitive or flat-out racist Let’s get something out of the way: I’m a white dude in his 30s. If you needed to slap a face on white privilege, my mug would suffice nicely (whether I like that idea or not). I don’t exercise that privilege (I wouldn’t even know…

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