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As I write this essay, social protests swell across the United States following the racially charged deaths of several young men and women of color by those entrusted to serve and protect, and the inconsistent media coverage of those events. Initially, it seems unimportant (perhaps even frivolous) to interrogate a film adaptation of a Young Adult dystopic science fiction series when occurrences of such violence reflect a more powerful image of our racial prejudices and sanctioned social inequities.
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Nicosia, L. (2017). How Dare you Make Her Black!. In: Nicosia, L.M., Goldstein, R.A. (eds) Through a Distorted Lens. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-017-2_6
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