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“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: bigotry, politics, racism

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Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, and Thriller

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