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“Four hundred years the white man has had his foot-long knife in the black man's back--and now the white man starts to wiggle the knife out, maybe six inches! The black man's supposed to be grateful? Why, if the white man jerked the knife out, it's still going to leave a scar!”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn't actually changed at all.”
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― 82년생 김지영
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― Everything I Know About Love
― Everything I Know About Love
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― Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
― Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
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― We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
― We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
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