The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarn…

Barack Obama
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The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart. ✨ Barack Obama (2007). Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, p.124, Broadway Books
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