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We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.

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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.

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Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, which was already rife with racism, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage.

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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.

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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.

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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.

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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.

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I don't completely understand why people in Aspen want to hear what I have to say.

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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

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With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he's a white supremacist.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 30th, 1975

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