One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were…

Alice Walker
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One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything. ✨ Alice Walker (1982). El color púrpura, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
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