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“She alluded to 12 Years a Slave. “There he was,” she said, speaking of Solomon Northup. “He had means. He had a family. He was living like a human being. And one racist act took him back. And the same is true of me. I spent years developing a career, acquiring assets, engaging responsibilities. And one racist act. It’s all it takes.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“I was born in February, but I come alive in October.”
― Attachments
― Attachments
“The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.”
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“She believed she could, so she did.”
― Scoring Wilder
― Scoring Wilder
“It is not necessary that you believe that the officer who choked Eric Garner set out that day to destroy a body. All you need to understand is that the officer carries with him the power of the American state and the weight of an American legacy, and they necessitate that of the bodies destroyed every year, some wild and disproportionate number of them will be black.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
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