"Filipino, Puerto Rican and Jewish, Mars exists in the liminal space of American racial discourse — neither Black nor white, and therefore free to move about the barrelhouses, so to speak." Harrison Mooney, Tyee associate editor, writes. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/08/Bruno-Mars-Uncomfortable-Appeal-Blackness-Code-Switching/

The Uncomfortable Appeal of Bruno Mars

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