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> [“What is the black shadow? It's the running inner dialogue we have with ourselves all day long about our fears of being inferior as black people. It is our internalization of the white man's lie that blacks are inferior to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-f-watson/what-is-the-black-shadow-it-s-the-running-inner-dialogue-we-have-with/)

Marlene F. Watson

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## More by Marlene F. Watson

> [“What is the black shadow? It's the running inner dialogue we have with ourselves all day long about our fears of being inferior as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-f-watson/what-is-the-black-shadow-it-s-the-running-inner-dialogue-we-have-with/)

Marlene F. Watson

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