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“We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell ourselves a different story.” quote by Randall Kennedy — Download Open image

“We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell ourselves a different story.”

Randall Kennedy

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I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House.…

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Love is just such a crucial, wonderful thing, and if you are lucky enough to find somebody who genuinely loves you, grab that person…

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There are some people who make a big distinction between n - a, which they say is OK, and n - - . Now,…

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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.

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