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Black Panther has won countless fans and earned over $1 billion across the world. But, warns Alease A Brown, the film's high profile and runaway success doesn't prove that Hollywood has changed its ways. Black people should be wary of prematurely celebrating the end of racism in the movie industry.

Mexico City is still dotted with visual reminders of the massive earthquake that rocked it six months ago. And seismologists are still searching for answers to why this quake was fundamentally different from others that have struck the city. Xyoli Pérez-Campos and Diego Melgar explain what they've found.

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Black people beware: don't let Black Panther joy mask Hollywood's racism

Alease A. Brown, Stellenbosch University

Hollywood will allow the world of the Black Panther to be black, only if it doesn't hurt white people's feelings.

The epicenter of Mexico’s lethal September 2017 earthquake was less than 65 miles outside the nation’s capital. Nacho Doce/Reuters

Potent Mexico City earthquake was a rare 'bending' quake, study finds – and it could happen again

Diego Melgar, University of Oregon; Xyoli Pérez-Campos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Not all earthquakes are made equal. A new study on the 2017 quake that killed 300 in Mexico City finds that both its location and cause were unusual — but seismologists say another strike is possible.

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