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Consider the 1980s teen film canon ( The Breakfast Club , Sixteen Candles , Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ). These films are beloved for their authentic exploration of adolescent angst, but their authenticity was exclusive. John Hughes’s Chicago suburbs were almost entirely devoid of non-white faces. The message was subliminal but powerful: the universal experience of growing up—first kisses, detention, family friction—was a white experience.

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