One of the things that makes a Negro unpleasant to white folk is the f…

H. L. Mencken
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One of the things that makes a Negro unpleasant to white folk is the fact that he suffers from their injustice. He is thus a standing rebuke to them. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2013). Minority Report, p.271, Knopf
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One of the things that makes a Negro unpleasant to white folk is the fact that he suffers from their injustice. He is thus a standing rebuke to them. ✨ H.L. Mencken (2013). Minority Report, p.271, Knopf

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