Whenever someone refers to me as someone who happens to be black, I wo…

Thomas Sowell
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Whenever someone refers to me as someone who happens to be black, I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1993). Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays, Hoover Inst Press
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