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I'm not saying that there isn't such a thing as black people who hate white people for the color of their skin. I have been a target of that...of course, the only instances of this have been in a place where white racism was still alive and quite well.
I'm just saying that I don't see it in this instance. I've no reason to believe that if I walked up to Rev. Wright today that he would look at me and hate me either for the color of my skin, or for any trappings of white-icity I may have about me.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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