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“Black people are apparently responsible for calming the fears of violent cops in the way women are supposedly responsible for calming the sexual desires of male rapists.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Hate gives identity. The nigger, the fag, the bitch illuminate the border, illuminate what we ostensibly are not, illuminate the Dream of being white, of being a Man. We name the hated strangers and are thus confirmed in the tribe.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“One cannot, at once, claim to be superhuman and then plead mortal error. I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me
“The window reflected the news. It was about power and sports and anger and death. So it goes. Billy”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Americans have long been trained to see the deficiencies of people rather than policy. It's a pretty easy mistake to make: People are in our faces. Policies are distant. We are particularly poor at seeing the policies lurking behind the struggles of people.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
Adam’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Adam’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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54 friends
229 books
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181 books
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321 books
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120 books
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173 books
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164 books
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516 books
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