At left, Jimmy Smits in My Family. At right, Jennifer Lopez in Selena. Left: Zoetrope/New Line/Kobal Collection. Right: Scott Del Amo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Darsh Singh, the first Sikh American to play basketball in the NCAA, became the subject of an Islamophobic meme earlier this year. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Netflix's Master of None isn't A Show About Race, but it doesn't shy away from showing how the backgrounds of its characters inform and complicate their personal and professional lives. K.C. Bailey/Netflix hide caption
Demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014. Tony Dejak/AP hide caption
Princess Pageant crowns reflect the importance of patchwork, beadwork, and Seminole symbols. Will O'Leary hide caption
NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews President Obama at the White House. Claire O'Neill/NPR hide caption
Students at the University of Missouri protested this fall amid concerns about the administration's handling of racial issues. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Kenya Barris, the creator and writer of Black-ish, in his office on the ABC lot in Burbank, Calif., in December. Black-ish is now in its second season, airing on ABC. Megan Miller for NPR hide caption
Yasmine Al Massri as Raina Amin, the hijab-wearing sister on ABC's Quantico. Phillippe Bosse/ABC hide caption
Dev (Aziz Ansari) tells Ravi (Ravi Patel) that the "Indian" actor Ravi's admired is actually a white guy in brown face. Master of None/Netflix hide caption
Andre Mack loves to incorporate humor into his work, but inside these casks is serious wine. Sash Photography hide caption
Priyanka Chopra plays Alex Parrish in ABC's Quantico. Phillippe Bosse/ABC hide caption
La Agencia de Orcí created this image as part of its campaign to encourage immigrants in the U.S. illegally to sign up for Ronald Reagan's amnesty program. National Museum of American History hide caption
Teyonah Parris plays Lysistrata in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq." Parrish Lewis/AP hide caption
When politicians seem to spend less time understanding Latino issues and more time dining at taquerias, well, there's a word for that. Sam Howzit/Flickr hide caption
Brandi Green negotiates the world as an African-American woman with albinism. Courtesy of Brandi Green hide caption
Actor P. Jay Sidney on the set of the television series 'The Phil Silvers Show (You'll Never Get Rich),' on June 11, 1955. CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR. NPR hide caption
"Osceola" stands in front of a crowd at the FSU homecoming game. Eileen Soler/Seminole Tribune hide caption
All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Simon & Schuster hide caption
Thanksgiving dinner. So much room for hope. So much room for disappointment. Eric Pancer/Flickr Creative Commons hide caption
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