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“When men oppress their fellow-men, the oppressor ever finds, in the character of the oppressed, a full justification for his oppression.” Douglass, amazingly, summed up the history of racist ideas in a single sentence.”
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
“I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.”
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“Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.”
― Pebble in the Sky
― Pebble in the Sky
“Reducing parables to a single meaning destroys their aesthetic as well as ethical potential.”
― Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
― Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
“Already, the American mind was accomplishing that indispensable intellectual activity of someone consumed with racist ideas: individualizing White negativity and generalizing Black negativity. Negative behavior by any Black person became proof of what was wrong with Black people, while negative behavior by any White person only proved what was wrong with that person.”
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
― Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
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The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read', and this group will read books each month from a selection of t ...more
Dennis’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Dennis’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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