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But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy. Difference in hue and hair is old. But the belief in the preeminence
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“It was the beginning of a Jane Austen novel, if Mr. Darcy was a grieving son/HBO enthusiast from Perth and Elizabeth an entry-level cremationist.”
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
― Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
“As a source of the fledgling nation's financial might, slavery shaped our political institutions and founding documents, our laws governing private property and financial regulation, our management techniques and accounting systems, and our economic systems and labor unions.”
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
“A cult leader alone in his beliefs is just a crazy dude with a beard.”
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“[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
― The Orphan Master's Son
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