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I just started reading the first chapter. I'm already annoyed. It feels like the author had to self-censure and couch the casual racism of mid-60s Massachusetts in a long excuse/explanation. A few paragraphs later, the author goes out of her way to t
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“Whiteness centers itself in the mirror that we all look into.”
― Disorientation: Being Black in the World
― Disorientation: Being Black in the World
“Love is learning the song in someone's heart and singing it to them when they forget.”
― Buck: A Memoir
― Buck: A Memoir
“Now I see why reading was illegal for black people during slavery. I discover that I think in words. The more words I know, the more things I can think about....Reading was illegal because if you limit someone's vocab, you limit their thoughts. They can't even think of freedom because they don't have the language to.”
― Buck: A Memoir
― Buck: A Memoir
Great African Reads
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Rachel’s 2025 Year in Books
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