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title: "3 Racism Need Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [Don't tell me I have latent sexism or racism that I need to confront. I don't believe that. I think we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-paretsky/don-t-tell-me-i-have-latent-sexism-or-racism-that-i-need-to-confront/)

[Sara Paretsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-paretsky/)

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> [I guess I don't have a candidate who makes my heart go pitter-patter the way I wish it would. I'm thinking, here's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-paretsky/i-guess-i-don-t-have-a-candidate-who-makes-my-heart-go-pitter-patter/)

[Sara Paretsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-paretsky/)

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> [ “Initially, the purveyors of racism need no more than the silent acquiescence of the public ... \[I\]t is never too soon to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-j-massaquoi/initially-the-purveyors-of-racism-need-no-more-than-the-silent/)

[Hans J. Massaquoi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-j-massaquoi/)

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