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That's How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

by Damon Young (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 21, 2026 06:52PM

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“Bonhoeffer once said of bystanders. “God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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“A world without caste would set everyone free.”
― Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

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