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“Lee Mellon told me that he was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and grew up in Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina, 'Near Asheville,' he said. 'That's Thomas Wolfe country.'
'Yeah,' I said.
Lee Mellon didn't have any Southern accent. 'You don't have much of a Southern accent,' I said.
'That's right, Jesse. I read a lot of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Kant when I was a kid,' Lee Mellon said.
I guess in some strange way that was supposed to get rid of a Southern accent. Lee Mellon thought so, anyway. I couldn't argue because I had never tried a Southern accent against the German philosophers.”
― A Confederate General from Big Sur
'Yeah,' I said.
Lee Mellon didn't have any Southern accent. 'You don't have much of a Southern accent,' I said.
'That's right, Jesse. I read a lot of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and Kant when I was a kid,' Lee Mellon said.
I guess in some strange way that was supposed to get rid of a Southern accent. Lee Mellon thought so, anyway. I couldn't argue because I had never tried a Southern accent against the German philosophers.”
― A Confederate General from Big Sur
“I realized that war was monstrous. If it didn’t kill those it touched, it took away a piece of their souls, so they could never be whole again.”
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― The Mountains Sing
“Racism lives in individuals’ hearts and minds; those in power embed it into institutional policies and practices. Systemic racism touches every aspect of every American life, and skin color determines how.”
― Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
― Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
“I’ve come to think of culture this way: culture is to a group what personality is to an individual. It’s a collective character that describes a set of beliefs and behaviors that identify the group.”
― Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
― Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
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― NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
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