“By deciding that they were white. By opting for safety instead of life. By persuading themsel
“By deciding that they were white. By opting for safety instead of life. By persuading themselves that a Black child’s life meant nothing compared with a white child’s life… In this debasement of and definition of Black people, they debased and defined themselves.”James Baldwin, 1963 -- source link
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