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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

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“Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.”
― Malcolm X

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“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

tags: identity, opinions

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

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