Flirty Racism: It's a Thing

NPR

Published May 30, 2014 at 6:02 PM EDT

Flirty compliments often come off as racial micro-aggressions. Latino USA producer Camilo Vargas and VICE writer Rula Al-Nasrawi look at 'flirty racism' in the streets of New York City.

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