Since no Hollywood movie with a predominantly black cast has ever had a bigger budget, there's a feeling of collective stakes Black Panther's its critical and commercial reception.
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Gary Lum assists his daughter, Mei Lum, with decorating the storefront window at Wing on Wo & Co. for the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. The family imported the unique handmade lion-head dance costume from Hong Kong nearly 50 years ago.
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Blood quantum was initially a system that the federal government placed onto tribes in an effort to limit their citizenship.
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People in Philadelphia walk past a placard posted on a newsstand with a message of support for imprisoned rapper Meek Mill. Mill's imprisonment on a probation violation set off a flurry of legal appeals, criticism of the criminal justice system and rallies in the city last fall.
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One thing I know now that I didn't three years ago: If we have kids together someday, it won't be their blood that makes them Wampanoag.
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People in Miami, Fla., attend a 2011 job fair sponsored by the NAACP meant to lower the high rate of unemployment in the black community.
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"Racial impostor syndrome" is definitely a thing for many people. We hear from biracial and multi-ethnic listeners who connect with feeling "fake" or inauthentic in some part of their racial or ethnic heritage.
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Hundreds of people demonstrate against racism in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City.
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