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My Book Is The Second-Most Banned In The U.S. Here's What That Taught Me About Telling Your Truth.

"I have more books to write and more stories to dismantle this system. And I’ll be damned if anyone denies my right to write them."
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A White Woman Told Me She Doesn't 'Think Of' Me As Black. Here's How I Reacted.

"Irrespective of the neighborhood in which I live, regardless of how articulate I might seem, all I am and all I ever will be to some people is Black."
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Resurfaced Clip Shows Sharon Osbourne Say Meghan Markle 'Ain't Black'

"The Talk" co-host says in the old clip that the Duchess of Sussex "doesn't look Black."
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Black Horror Is Bigger Than Black Trauma

“Get Out” provided a new template for horror, but now the genre seems poised to go beyond the usual metaphors around race.
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‘Black’ Professor Admits She Is Actually White In Self-Published Essay

"You should absolutely cancel me, and I absolutely cancel myself," Jessica Krug of The George Washington University wrote on Medium.
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What The Conversation About Rashida Jones’ Blackness Is Missing

After years of playing "Italian" and "ambiguously brown" characters, Jones is finally exploring what it means to be Black and mixed on screen.
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Andrew Gillum Is At Home With His Blackness

Florida’s Democratic nominee for governor is black in a way that is commonplace in real life but basically nonexistent in high-level American politics.
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'Daily Show' Correspondent Calls 'Moonlight' Oscar A Sign Of 'Peak Blackness'

“We are operating at maximum levels of ‘blacktivity’ that haven’t been seen in decades.”
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Why I'm Perfectly Fine Being In Black Spaces Only

Spare me the colorblind BS. I love Black people.
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As A Fat Black Woman, Cosplay Has Tried To Make Me Invisible

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