As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of y…

Harper Lee
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As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash. ✨ To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 23 (1960)
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