To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be …

James A. Baldwin
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ✨ A race riot forever changed my city. Hollywood only told half the story by Bankole Thompson, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2017.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. ✨ A race riot forever changed my city. Hollywood only told half the story by Bankole Thompson, www.theguardian.com. August 28, 2017.

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