Slavery is a sin when whites were put to the yoke, but not the African. All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.

Colson Whitehead
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  1. See chains on another person and be glad they are not your own--such was the good fortune permitted colored people, defined by how much worse it could be at any moment.

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  5. And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn't exist, if there is any justice in...

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