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“You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.”
there is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you.
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there is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you.
