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This Week In Race: Pepsi Challenged; Appropriation Nation; Black Twitter Explained

California's Senate votes to limit the cooperation police can give immigration authorities, while research shows fear of deportation can make people sick. And, Pepsi's unity message backfires.
Black-and white-keffiyeh like the one pictured above, have been long associated with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian resistance. This week, fast-fashion Brit emporium Top Shop, used similar fabric for a "scarf playsuit."

A new study from Stanford University's Immigration Policy Lab says giving driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants is actually contributing to public safety: licensed drivers are less likely to have hit and run accidents.

Last week, we told you about how many of the country's police chiefs believed ICE crackdowns would make their jobs harder and hurt public safety. This week California took it a step further: the state Senate passed Bill, is expected to easily pass in the Democratic majority State Assembly, and Governor Jerry Brown, also a Democrat, is expected to sign it.

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