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"The destroyers will rarely be held accountable. Mostly they will receive pensions. And destruction is merely the superlative form of a dominion whose prerogatives include fiskings, detainings, beatings, and humiliations. All of this is common to black people. And all of this is old for black people. No one is held responsible."

i'm going to have to reread parts of it. ready to be woke.

i just can't bring myself to finish this book. i usually love historical fiction. and was very excited about the premise of this book and the time periods. but the prose was lacking and i couldn't stay in it, even though all of the things about this book fascinate me.