Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s we…

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Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro. ✨ 35 Million Ways to Be Black. Interview with Adam Hochschild, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.
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Really, the values under which my generation was raised in the '50s were immigrant values even though we weren't immigrants. The greatest thing you could be was a college-educated Negro. ✨ 35 Million Ways to Be Black. Interview with Adam Hochschild, www.motherjones.com. March 14, 2007.

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