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Prentice Penny (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Black culture repurposed Twitter

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The pop-culture progress myth

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Chris Rock hosts the Oscars, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Rock's Oscars monologue stuns

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