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title: "2 Blackness Quotes By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah"
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> [“That morning, like every morning, the first decision he made regarded his Blackness. His skin was a deep, constant brown. In public, when people could actually see him, it was impossible to get his Blackness down to anywhere near a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/that-morning-like-every-morning-the-first-decision-he-made-regarded/)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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> [“Emmanuel started learning the basics of his Blackness before he knew how to do long division: smiling when angry, whispering when he wanted to yell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/emmanuel-started-learning-the-basics-of-his-blackness-before-he-knew/)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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## More by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

> [“That morning, like every morning, the first decision he made regarded his Blackness. His skin was a deep, constant brown. In public, when people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/that-morning-like-every-morning-the-first-decision-he-made-regarded/)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

> [“They were all humans, and yet they had completely different ideas about what humanity meant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/they-were-all-humans-and-yet-they-had-completely-different-ideas/)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

> [“Emmanuel started learning the basics of his Blackness before he knew how to do long division: smiling when angry, whispering when he wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah/emmanuel-started-learning-the-basics-of-his-blackness-before-he-knew/)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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