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Lewis Tan in "Mortal Kombat" (Warner Bros.)

Why onscreen martial arts is important to Asian Americans – even if we don’t practice it ourselves

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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Photo illustration by Salon/Barbora Mrazkova/Knopf)

Michelle Zauner’s “Crying in H-Mart” is a food memoir so painfully delicious, your eyes water

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Steven Yeun in "Minari" (A24)

“Minari” cultivates the grief and bittersweet allure of America’s unfulfilled promise

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This can’t become our new normal: Hate acts reported across the country in wake of Trump’s victory

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(Disney)

“Mulan” is not a romance: Even with an all-Asian cast, Disney’s live-action remake could still miss the mark

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(AP/Beth J. Harpaz)

The power of pop literature: Why we need diverse YA books more than ever

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Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Of course gender is a factor: Being a woman is still Hillary Clinton’s biggest liability

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Jennifer Lawrence; Mulan (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/Disney)

No, Jennifer Lawrence isn’t playing “Mulan” — but that rumor won’t die for good reason

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1520672p1.html'>Paul Quinn</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Native American student’s grade docked for refusing to say Pledge of Allegiance: “My people risked our lives for our land, for our freedom”

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(Reuters/Brian Webb)

Solidarity with Black Lives Matter: Asian Americans speaking out against police brutality

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A still from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” (pottermore.com)

Pottermore problems: Scholars and writers call foul on J.K. Rowling’s North American magic

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(Reuters/Jason Reed)

Reminder: The no-fly list is riddled with dangerous flaws

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(AP/Charles Krupa)

An AR-15 ban won’t stop mass shootings: That’s “like regulating drunk driving by banning scotch”

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Leonardo DiCaprio (Reuters/Toru Hanai)

Leonardo DiCaprio will ruin a Rumi movie — and not just because he’s a white guy

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Donald Trump / Richard Hatch (Reuters/L.E. Baskow/AP/Damian Dovarganes/Salon)

Donald Trump, the ultimate “Survivor”: How watching Richard Hatch win laid the groundwork for Trump the GOP nominee

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Scarlett Johansson in "Ghost in the Shell," Tilda Swinton in "Dr. Strange"

“More than just racism in movies”: Asian American protest #WhiteWashedOUT goes beyond Hollywood’s diversity fails

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“Have They Run out of White Poets Yet?”: Asian and Asian-American writers mock Calvin Trillin’s New Yorker poem on Chinese food

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Donad (Reuters/David Becker)

Donald Trump’s “insult haiku”: Scholars are having a field day parsing the poetics of Trump’s “idiolect”

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Robert Townsend (AP/Scott Kirkland)

“Snitches, basketball players, drug dealers”: Robert Townsend reflects back on taking “the bull by the horns” to make “Hollywood Shuffle”

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Ashima of India, in "Thomas the Tank Engine" (Mattel)

Thomas the Tank Engine, neocolonial fantasy: What his new international pals, and the backlash against them, signal

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Justin Lin (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)

Justin Lin: If we want more diversity in Hollywood, “the general public has to demand it”

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Children acting as accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers take the stage at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RTS8GOV (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

Deeper than awful Asian jokes at the Oscars: Hollywood’s vanilla reflex doesn’t just hurt artists—it’s bad business, too

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Keanu Reeves in "Exposed" (Fortitude International)

The price of Hollywood whitewashing: How this complex drama about a Latina woman became just another Keanu Reeves cop movie

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"The Revenant" (Twentieth Century Fox)

Leo owes his Oscar to the bear: “The Revenant” told an American story the Academy couldn’t help but devour

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