A Paler Shade of White---Sasha Frere-Jones Podcast and New Yorker article Criticizing Indie Rock for Failing to Incorporate African-American Influences

ok so why does he go by sasha exactly?

Sasha is the diminutive of Alexander and Alexandra.

Yeah I had an Alex/Sasha friend growing up. Parents were actually Russian though, not sure about this one.

i've been an Alexander my whole life and i didn't know that. using the first 1 or 2 syllables of the name seemed like the natural diminutive.

put this in the solange thread, but thought that might be the wrong place for it. some excerpts from a new book on solange and indie rock, whiteness, race, etc.

https://gal-dem.com/why-solange-matters-book-extract-stephanie-phillips-indie-microaggressions