Racism
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Leslie Jones: Racist ‘Ghostbusters’ Trolls Nearly Broke Me
In this exclusive excerpt from Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir, the comedian writes about how difficult the all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ was for her
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‘The Other Black Girl’ Exposes the Horror of Being a Black Woman in Corporate America
Hulu’s new series, adapted from Zakiya Dalila Harris’s novel, centers on the only Black woman at Wagner Books who starts to learn their dark secrets
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Hasan Minhaj Still ‘One of Three’ Finalists to Host ‘Daily Show’ After Bombshell New Yorker Story
Sources say the former star of Netflix’s Patriot Act is still a finalist to succeed Trevor Noah as host of The Daily Show, though no decision has been made yet
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Ava DuVernay Talks Breaking Color Barrier at the Venice Film Festival
Filmmaker behind Selma and The 13th became the first African American woman with a film in competition in Venice for her new drama Origin
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Steven Soderbergh Talks Helping Christopher Nolan and Eating the Rich
Oscar-winning filmmaker dishes on his topical new web series Command Z, the Hollywood strikes/the streaming model, and much more
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Police Say He Stabbed a Man to Death While Shouting the N-Word. He's Charged With Only 'Peace Disturbance'
The 4th of July killing of Mike Rone in Kansas City is sparking outrage, as the alleged killer may soon make bail
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The Dark Side of Barbie: Crime, Racial Issues, and Rampant Sexism
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie cleverly sends up some of the Mattel doll’s many, many controversies — but not all of them
- UGLY HISTORY
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‘They Cloned Tyrone’: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Blaxploitation Satire Cuts to the Bone
John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonah Parris uncover a mystery that suggests just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you aren't right
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‘Justified’ and Raylan Givens Enter a New Era of Policing
FX’s new crime-Western miniseries, a continuation of Justified, sees Timothy Olyphant’s fiery lawman try his damnedest to adjust to modern times
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These Black and Asian American Affirmative Action Advocates Won’t Be Divided
After a decades-long struggle to kill affirmative action, one man succeeded by using Asian American students as a wedge, say activists from Harvard and UNC. They see through it — and have fought back in interracial coalitions
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