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Abundance

by Ezra Klein

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by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

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How to Be an Antiracist (One World Essentials) by Ibram X. Kendi

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racist policy is any measure that produces or sustains racial inequity between racial groups. An antiracist policy is any measure that produces or sustains racial equity between racial groups. By

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“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

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