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2. "Vince Staples and the Accessibility of Black Experience" — Pitchfork
3. "All the Single Ladies: Why Movies Need More Platonic Pairings" — BuzzFeed Entertainment
4. "Seeing Beyond 'Kimono Wednesdays': On Asian American Protest" — Hyperallergic
6. "The Twilight of the Angry Black Woman" — BuzzFeed Ideas
7. "Beyond the Model Minority Myth" — Jacobin Mag
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