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This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

Actresses Logan Browning (left) and Ashley Blaine Featherson appear in a scene from the Netflix show Dear White People. Adam Rose/Netflix hide caption

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This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

Netflix's hit show, with its incessant and incisive look at race at a fictional Ivy League college, doesn't really focus much on white people at all.

Mexico Economy Minister Ready To Renegotiate NAFTA With Trump

by John Burnett

Mexico Economy Minister Ready To Renegotiate NAFTA With Trump

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Trump Looks To Renegotiate NAFTA With Canada

by Brian Mann

Trump Looks To Renegotiate NAFTA With Canada

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French National Front Member On What's Attracting People To Her Party

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Bounce: pts I + II Nate Smith

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Untitled Instrumental Chuck Berry

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As Trump And Congress Flip-Flop On Health Care, Insurers Try To Plan Ahead

by Alison Kodjak

As Trump And Congress Flip-Flop On Health Care, Insurers Try To Plan Ahead

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New Health Care Bill Needs Moderate Republicans' Support — What Do They Want?

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Xxplosive [Instrumental Version] Dr. Dre

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What Kind of Cool (Will We Think of Next)

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Long Espresso okho, saito

As Los Angeles Burned, The Border Patrol Swooped In

People gather in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles during rioting following the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King in 1992. The neighborhood looks similar today as it did 25 years ago. It's still more than 80 percent Latino, with lots of immigrant families from Mexico and Central America. Gary Leonard/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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As Los Angeles Burned, The Border Patrol Swooped In

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

As Los Angeles Burned, The Border Patrol Swooped In

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Thanx Dub Sublime

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So What? Die Antwoord

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FBI Investigates Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort's Ties To Russia

by Jim Zarroli

FBI Investigates Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort's Ties To Russia

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Die Young Sylvan Esso

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Suga Suga [Instrumental] Baby Bash & Frankie J

Sylvan Esso On The Pressure To Make Magic — Again

Sylvan Esso's second album, What Now, comes out April 28. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

Sylvan Esso On The Pressure To Make Magic — Again

by Ari Shapiro , Greg Dixon

Sylvan Esso On The Pressure To Make Magic — Again

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Scientists Hunt Hard Evidence On How Cop Cameras Affect Behavior

A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer wears a camera during a news conference in 2014. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Scientists Hunt Hard Evidence On How Cop Cameras Affect Behavior

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists Hunt Hard Evidence On How Cop Cameras Affect Behavior

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National

After Ann Coulter Backs Out Of Visit, UC Berkeley Braces For Free Speech Rallies

by Richard Gonzales

After Ann Coulter Backs Out Of Visit, UC Berkeley Braces For Free Speech Rallies

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My Kind of Woman [Instrumental] [Instrumental] Mac DeMarco

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Rings (Instrumental) Aesop Rock

National

Harvard Poll: Millennials Disapprove Of President Trump, Seek To Unify Country

by Vanessa Romo

Harvard Poll: Millennials Disapprove Of President Trump, Seek To Unify Country

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Middle East

Pope Francis Visits Egypt Coptic Church After Bombings

by Jane Arraf

Pope Francis Visits Egypt Coptic Church After Bombings

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Trompettes de las renommee Les pommes de ma douche

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Chop & Screw T. Williams

Flight Overbooked? Perfect: These Frequent Flyers Want To Get Bumped

Delta recently authorized supervisors to offer up to $9,950 in compensation to passengers bumped from flights. A Delta Air Lines jet sits at a gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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Business

Flight Overbooked? Perfect: These Frequent Flyers Want To Get Bumped

by Yuki Noguchi

Flight Overbooked? Perfect: These Frequent Flyers Want To Get Bumped

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National

Trump's First 100 Days: The State Of 'The Resistance'

by Scott Detrow

Trump's First 100 Days: The State Of 'The Resistance'

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Chardonnay Dexter

National

Trump Inauguration Road Trip Revisted: Liberty University Student Remains Hopeful

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Tunnel Vision Metrixx

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Vacance Union Ramen Pyrme, Jean-Claude Cornely

National

Florida Battles With Tricky Removal Of Costly Muck In Indian River Lagoon

by Amy Green

Florida Battles With Tricky Removal Of Costly Muck In Indian River Lagoon

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Actresses Logan Browning (left) and Ashley Blaine Featherson appear in a scene from the Netflix show Dear White People. Adam Rose/Netflix hide caption

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This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

by Eric Deggans

This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

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Respect King John Robinson & PVD

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Atomic Bomb William Onyeabor

Arts & Life

'Dear White People' Creator Calls The Netflix Series 'A Conversation Starter'

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