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Star Wars re-awakens racist boycott movement

Felix TamsutOctober 20, 2015

The release of the full-length Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer has sent the Internet into a frenzy. Not surprisingly, not all comments were about the likes of Chewbacca or Luke Skywalker.

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