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Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist and pop culture geek. Her book, Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, examines the barriers actors of color face in Hollywood and how they creatively challenge stereotypes. Nancy enjoys reading YA dystopic novels, singing karaoke, and taking her kids to the local library.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 131 ratings · 23 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism 4.15 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power Women: Stories of Motherhood, Faith, and the Academy by Nancy Wang Yuen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Deshonna Collier-Goubil (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God's Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants by Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)

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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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