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• ‟ My father was so very afraid. I felt it in the sting of his black leather belt, which he applied with more anxiety than anger, my father who beat me as if someone might steal me away, because that was exactly what was happening all around us.

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• ‟ To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.

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• ‟ Black people are pledging their fealty to the state, and yet they aren't getting the same return. This is theft. It's systemized.

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• ‟ There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.

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• ‟ In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.

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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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